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Counterterrorism Expert On Finding Patterns In Mass Shootings

12:59pm December 03, 2015

Steve Inskeep talks with John Cohen, former counterterrorism coordinator at Homeland Security, now at Rutgers University researching why people carry out mass attacks. Also: Glock author Paul Barrett.

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Suspect's Brother-In-Law 'Shocked'; Motivation For Attack Sought

12:59pm December 03, 2015

A man identified as the brother-in-law of one of the suspects in the mass shooting appeared at a news conference. And, expert David Sterman says we still don't know the reason for the attack.

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Obama On Access To Weapons: 'It's Just Too Easy'

12:41pm December 03, 2015

President Obama spoke Thursday, calling for thoughts and prayers for the victims of Wednesday's shooting in San Bernardino, and saying "we all have a part to play" in preventing such violence.

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Unanswered Questions Drive Fear In San Bernardino

12:05pm December 03, 2015

Linda Wertheimer speaks with San Bernardino Sun crime reporter Beatriz Valenzuela about reaction in the California community to Wednesday's mass shooting.

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Chicago Mayor Emanuel Now Says He Welcomes Federal Investigation

11:46am December 03, 2015

by David Schaper

A day after Hillary Clinton called for a Justice Department investigation into Chicago police's handling of the death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, Mayor Rahm Emanuel reversed course to support one.

The 1,300-page transportation bill is designed to free up highway bottlenecks, increase the number of buses and ferries, enhance high-tech information sharing to reduce congestion and fill a lot of potholes.

In The Highway Bill, Some Find Road To Riches, Others Hit A Pothole

11:46am December 03, 2015

by Marilyn Geewax

The $305 billion highway bill funds transportation infrastructure projects. But it also offers wins and losses for unrelated businesses. The Export-Import Bank gets saved, but big banks lose out.

A police helicopter hovers around the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, Calif., the scene of a mass shooting on Wednesday.

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PHOTOS: Scenes From San Bernardino, Calif.

10:40am December 03, 2015

At least 14 are dead and 17 wounded after a shooting at a California social services facility on Wednesday.

A policeman guards a police line late Wednesday as officers prepare to raid the home of one or more of the suspects in a mass shooting at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, Calif.

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San Bernardino Shootings: What We Know Right Now

10:31am December 03, 2015

by Christopher Dean Hopkins

Information continues to trickle in regarding the deadly shootings Wednesday at Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, Calif.

A recent analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that Medicare recipients taking Revlimid for cancer could end up paying, on average, $11,538 out of pocket for the drug in 2016, even if the medicine is covered by their Medicare Part D plan.

Specialty Drugs Can Prove Expensive Even With Medicare Coverage

10:21am December 03, 2015

by Alison Kodjak

Medicare insurance plans for drugs vary widely in the medicines they cover. For 2016, some patients who pick the wrong plan could pay nearly $12,000 out of pocket annually for a single drug.

At Stanford University's Bing Nursery School in Palo Alto, Calif., blocks play a significant role in helping children to think creatively, solve problems and think like young mathematicians.

Before Minecraft, The Blocks Were Made Of Wood

10:19am December 03, 2015

by Eric Westervelt

Don't call it a comeback: Blocks have been here for more than 100 years. Studies have shown they can help build language and cognition skills — and even help teach math.

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