When does a scientific belief become an article of faith?
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Jordan MichelI've been a listener and supporter for years, with monthly contributions to our local station. During that time, I have ...greatly appreciate d NPR's thorough and balanced coverage. However, NPR's decision to slash its environmen tal news team from three writers and an editor to a single part time writer has me reconsider ing my support. Environmen tal issues, especially climate change, already receive so much less coverage than they deserve. This decision is bad for NPR and bad for its listeners. See More 
Hannah ElizaI love NPR. But this is SO disappointing: "NPR has gutted its staff dedicated to covering environmen tal and climate issu...es. Given the nation’s and world’s renewed focus on the threat posed by unrestrict ed carbon pollution, this baffling move is already receiving widespread criticism from scientists and media watchers. It is “a sad commentary on the current state of our media,” as one top climatolog ist told me."
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NPR has a long and distinguished history of bringing depth to important issues glossed over or even ignored by other med...ia outlets. It was with great disappoint ment and a heavy heart that I heard about NPR slashing the staff available for what's likely the most critical existentia l crisis of the century (and beyond), the climate. I'm a fan, and likely always will be, but.. shame on you. See More
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Multiple internal documents obtained by NPR and ProPublica along with interviews with top Red Cross officials reveal an organization that struggled to meet the basic needs of victims in the first weeks after Superstorm Sandy. Among NPR and ...ProPublica’s findings:
The Red Cross national headquarters in Washington "diverted assets for public relations purposes." A former Red Cross official managing the Sandy effort says 40 percent of available trucks were assigned to serve as backdrops for news conferences. See More
The Red Cross national headquarters in Washington "diverted assets for public relations purposes." A former Red Cross official managing the Sandy effort says 40 percent of available trucks were assigned to serve as backdrops for news conferences. See More
Geoffrey Holder and Carmen de Lavallade were a magnetic couple — he was towering, 6'6", with a deep, Caribbean-lilted voice. She was a poised, petite dancer who brought sensuality and soul to ballet. He was best-known for playing a James Bo...nd villain and starring in 7 Up commercials. She was one of the first African-Americans to dance with the Metropolitan Opera.
At 83, de Lavallade is still gorgeous and graceful; her moves in her solo theater piece are just gentler. See More
At 83, de Lavallade is still gorgeous and graceful; her moves in her solo theater piece are just gentler. See More
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The casework that congressional staffers tackle runs the gamut from headaches over Social Security checks and IRS problems to veterans' benefits and mortgage issues. These days, immigration issues are among the most complex problems.
Sens. McConnell, Hagan and Roberts spotlight more dramatic stories in these 2014 campaign ads.
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The "wigs" line was almost the title of the book, she says. "I take it as a huge compliment, because I like that I look different with different hair, and I loved being a sketch performer and trying on these looks and everyone being like, 'Ooh, you could be a brunette!' ... 'You could cut your hair short!' ..."
China thinks manufacturing clothes is so last decade.
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Corrections Corp. of America is handling day-to-day operations of the big new immigrant detention center in South Texas. But the contract and the money to run it will go to a town over 900 miles away.
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The pope's comments could be aimed at healing a rift between science and religion.
A horse. A name and a date. Even the outline of a naked woman. Called arborglyphs, the etchings provide a window in the lives of long-gone sheepherders.
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"I knew right then that he was pretty special."
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The company envisions a massive machine-intelligent health cloud.
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One other possibility for the elevated calcium levels would be consuming more dairy than the average Ioseph of the day, but that doesn't leave isotopes behind.
Afghan forces have lost nearly as many troops in Helmland in 2014 as NATO has lost in the province since 2001.
The answer involves that classic feel-good neurotransmitter, your friend and mine, dopamine.
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References to early acid, jack and the tropes that defined early electronic dance music surface throughout, including one track's squelching keyboard line that squiggles between '80s funk and jazz fusion, and another's vocal moans and stabbing chords suggestive of an early rave track.
Earlier in 2014