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GOP Event Underscores That Religious Voters Aren't Forgotten

7:36pm October 19, 2015

by Sam Sanders

GOP presidential candidates spoke about faith and politics at a Dallas-area megachurch on Sunday. The event reaffirmed that those voters' and their issues will matter in this election.

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A Florida Family Moves Forward After Struggling With Addiction

6:57pm October 19, 2015

Battles with addiction can rattle or wreck a family. Shenika Morrison, a youth reporter from WLRN in Miami, explores what getting past drug, alcohol and tobacco addiction means for her family.

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Drought-Stricken California Prepares For Strong El Niño Winter

6:56pm October 19, 2015

by Kirk Siegler

In parched California, water managers and emergency management officials are preparing to move from one extreme to another with predictions of a "too big to fail" El Niño winter ahead.

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Rare Yellow-Bellied Sea Snake Washes Ashore In Southern California

6:37pm October 19, 2015

A yellow-bellied sea snake washed ashore in Ventura County, Calif., Friday. It's the first reported sighting of the species in Southern California since 1983. Now it's joining the collection at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

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A coal-bed methane well sits abandoned in a pool of water outside Gillette, Wyo. It's more expensive than it looks to clean up.

With Abandoned Gas Wells, States Are Left With The Cleanup Bill

6:34pm October 19, 2015

by Stephanie Joyce

The bust of the coal-bed methane industry has left Wyoming responsible for the exorbitant cost of plugging thousands of wells. The price tag for dealing with deep oil and gas wells may be even higher.

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Proponents of arbitration say the system is more efficient than going to court for both sides, but arbitration can be costly, too. And a 2009 study showed the typical awards in nursing home cases are about 35 percent lower than the plaintiff would get if

Suing A Nursing Home Could Get Easier Under Proposed Federal Rules

6:34pm October 19, 2015

by Ina Jaffe

Many families must sign a binding arbitration agreement when a loved one is admitted to a nursing home, pledging not to sue if something goes wrong. Proposed rules would ban that requirement.

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Democratic presidential candidate Lawrence Lessig speaks at WIRED BizCon in New York City in 2014.

'Fanciful'? Meet Lawrence Lessig, The Candidate With A Single Issue

6:34pm October 19, 2015

by Laura Sydell

Lessig is a passionate advocate for campaign finance reform. If he wins, he says, he will pass the Citizen Equality Act of 2017 to provide voters with vouchers to fund the campaign of their choice.

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A view of Earth as seen from EPIC, the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera.

NASA To Publish At Least A Dozen Daily Images Of Earth From Space

6:17pm October 19, 2015

by Laura Wagner

The photos come from a camera on a satellite, once called "GoreSat" after former Vice President Al Gore, who initially proposed the project in the late 1990s.

'Becoming Nicole' Recounts One Family's Acceptance Of Their Transgender Child

5:04pm October 19, 2015

When Kelly and Wayne Maines adopted identical twin boys in 1997, they didn't anticipate raising one of their sons as a daughter. They tell their story, with author Amy Ellis Nutt, in Becoming Nicole.

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A federal appeals court upheld the core parts of gun control laws in New York and Connecticut that ban semiautomatic weapons and high-capacity magazines.

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Appeals Court Affirms State Gun Control Laws Passed After Sandy Hook Shooting

5:02pm October 19, 2015

by Laura Wagner

A federal appeals court has upheld the main parts of gun control laws in Connecticut and New York that ban semiautomatic weapons and large-capacity magazines.