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As Rivers Swell In Missouri, A Look Back At The Great Floods Of 1993

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Steve Ehlmann, county executive for St. Charles County, to find out what has happened in Missouri since the floods of 1993. NPR explores whether the river is higher now than it was in '93 or likely to get there, if the levees are as soaked now, and if the flood plain areas have been cleared of construction.

Need To Break-Up With Someone? Call The Shop

For a fee, you can hire someone to do anything, including end your relationship. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Mackenzie Keast, co-founder of the Breakup Shop, about his business of breaking hearts.

Doctors Look To Prevent Abuse In Midst Of Opioid Epidemic

The U.S. is in the grips of a prescription drug epidemic, fueled in part by an explosion in opioid prescriptions over the past several decades. Roughly half of those prescriptions are written by primary care doctors. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Dr. Wanda Filer, president of the American Academy of Family Physicians, about her experience prescribing opioids and what doctors can do to prevent abuse.