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U.S. Wins Women's World Cup Final Over Japan 5-2

1:50pm July 07, 2015

by Shereen Marisol Meraji

The game played in Vancouver, Canada, was a rematch of the 2011 World Cup final, which Japan won in a dramatic penalty kick shoot-out. The U.S. women have won a total of three World Cup trophies.

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Jonathan Treviño poses in front of a drug bust.

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With Corruption Rampant, Good Cops Go Bad In Texas' Rio Grande Valley

11:51am July 07, 2015

by John Burnett

How does a promising young cop go from town hero to drug trafficker? A former rogue officer details what led him to the dark side in a region known for corruption.

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Confederate flag supporters gather at the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia; the state's Senate voted Tuesday to take down the flag. The issue will now head to the House.

In Final Vote, South Carolina Senate Moves To Take Down Confederate Flag

11:30am July 07, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The issue will now head to the House. Tuesday's 36-3 vote was widely seen as a formality; the S.C. Senate had voted 37-3 to advance the bill after its second reading Monday.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. missed a deadline to decide which title belt he wants to keep, says the World Boxing Organization.

Mayweather Is Stripped Of WBO Belt He Won From Pacquiao

10:26am July 07, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The World Boxing Organization welterweight title will now go to Timothy Bradley Jr., who had been named the interim title holder after he won a June 27 fight.

The New Science Behind Our 'Unfair' Criminal Justice System

10:03am July 07, 2015

"Good people with the best of intentions ... can get things terribly, terribly wrong," says legal scholar Adam Benforado. His book, Unfair, explores the intrinsic flaws of the American justice system.

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Bill Cosby performs during a November 2014 show at the Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts in Melbourne, Fla.

Cosby Admitted Giving Woman Quaaludes

9:54am July 07, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The comedian testified in 2005 he got the sedative with the intent of giving it to women with whom he wanted to have sex.

Mary Helen Flores (center) is the founder of Citizens Against Voter Abuse.

In Rio Grande Valley, Some Campaign Workers Are Paid To Harvest Votes

9:26am July 07, 2015

by John Burnett

It's a time-honored tradition in South Texas: Local candidates who need votes go to campaign workers known as politiqueras. But some of those workers are now charged with manipulating mail-in ballots.

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Bill Cosby Admitted To Acquiring Drugs To Give To A Woman For Sex

9:19pm July 06, 2015

NPR's Kelly McEvers interviews MaryClaire Dale, an Associated Press reporter, about the court documents showing Cosby said in 2005 he got quaaludes to give to a woman with whom he wanted to have sex.

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Burt Shavitz, Face Of Burt's Bees, Dies At 80

9:02pm July 06, 2015

by Elizabeth Blair

Burt Shavitz, the eccentric co-founder of Burt's Bees skin care products, has died at age 80. His bearded face is on your lip balm.

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U.N. Report Highlights Surprising Global Progress On Poverty Goals

9:02pm July 06, 2015

by Nurith Aizenman

In 2000 the world's leaders agreed on an ambitious plan for attacking global poverty by 2015. Called the Millennium Development Goals, these time-bound targets spurred an unprecedented aid effort that helped slash the share of people living in extreme poverty in half. Now nations are hammering out an even broader set of goals for 2030, but this time the task is proving highly controversial. The Millennium Development Goals were drafted in a highly casual way and that simple process proved the key to their success.

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