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Alabama And Georgia Will Decide Who's The College Football Champion In Atlanta

4:18pm January 08, 2018

by Ross Terrell

College football will crown its national champion Monday night. And fans of the two teams won't have too far to travel: Alabama and Georgia are playing in Atlanta where things have been a bit crazy.

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How Robots Are Helping A Furniture Shop Without Putting Workers Out Of Jobs

4:18pm January 08, 2018

by Asma Khalid

Furniture making is a job associated with old fashioned handiwork. But robots are coming to the field, not to replace workers but to help U.S.-based companies survive.

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Ammon Bundy (from left), Ryan Payne and Ryan Bundy on the day a mistrial was declared last month. They were joined by Jeanette Finicum, widow of Robert "LaVoy" Finicum, and Ryan's wife and daughter.

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Judge Dismisses Federal Case Against Cliven Bundy And Sons, Bars Retrial

4:18pm January 08, 2018

Less than a month after declaring a mistrial, Judge Gloria Navarro said there can be no retrial against the Nevada rancher and three other men, who led an armed standoff with federal agents in 2014.

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When exercise and diet aren't enough, some parents consider stomach-reduction surgery for obese teens.

Bariatric Surgery Helps Teens With Severe Obesity Reduce Heart Disease Risk

3:32pm January 08, 2018

by Tara Haelle

Adolescents with severe obesity who had bariatric surgery showed significant improvements in cardiovascular disease risk factors such as elevated blood pressure and high cholesterol.

Nathan Chen, foreground, smiles after winning the men's skate event between Ross Miner, left, who finished second, Vincent Zhou, second from right, who finished third, and Adam Rippon, who finished fourth, at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in San J

U.S. Olympic Figure Skating Lineup Set, Here Are The Surprises

2:47pm January 08, 2018

by Tom Goldman

Fourteen skaters in individual, pairs and dance categories will travel to South Korea next month to try to bolster America's sterling reputation in one of the Olympics' most popular sports.

A Small Fire Breaks Out On Roof Of Trump Tower In NYC

2:43pm January 08, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

President Trump was in Washington, D.C., at the time the fire broke out in Manhattan on Monday. The fire was brought under control; one civilian and one firefighter were injured.

Pfizer said it would be abandoning its neuroscience development programs and allocating its spending elsewhere.

Pfizer Halts Research Into Alzheimer's And Parkinson's Treatments

2:32pm January 08, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The pharmaceutical giant said it would be abandoning its neuroscience development programs and allocating its spending elsewhere. The move also means the company will lay off some 300 employees.

U.S. Ends El Salvador's Protected Status, Affecting 200,000 Residents

1:43pm January 08, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The move upends a status quo that has existed since 2001, when President George W. Bush extended temporary protected status after major earthquakes devastated parts of El Salvador.

Erika Harrell writes the Justice Department's annual report about crime against all people with disabilities.

National

The Sexual Assault Epidemic No One Talks About

1:35pm January 08, 2018

by Joseph Shapiro

People with intellectual disabilities are the victims of sexual assault at a rate seven times higher than those without disabilities. But this epidemic receives little attention.

Yakima Valley firefighters talk with farmworker families, trying to persuade them to move away from a developing landslide near Union Gap, Wash.

As Cracks Widen In Washington State, Government Prepares For A Landslide

12:39pm January 08, 2018

by Anna King

Dozens of people have agreed to move temporarily to hotels in case a landslide destroys their homes.

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