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Busy Travel Weekend Raises Concerns About Transportation Infrastructure

6:35pm July 02, 2015

by David Schaper

Expect heavy traffic and busy airports if traveling this Independence Day weekend. Travel industry groups say with unemployment down and wages ticking up, more Americans will be on the move.

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Royals All Star Voting Echoes Last Time MLB Fans Stuffed The Ballot Box

6:35pm July 02, 2015

Eight Royals could start in the All Star game July 14. NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Chris Eckes, curator of the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum, about the last time this happened.

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Deputy Secretary Of State: Iran Needs Nuclear Deal 'More Than We Do'

6:35pm July 02, 2015

NPR's Rachel Martin interviews Tony Blinken, the U.S. deputy secretary of state and the former deputy national security advisor for President Obama, about the latest on the negotiations with Iran.

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Skydiving and vacuuming burn the same number of calories. So what'll it be, thrills or a clean carpet?

Sweeping Or Skydiving? When Counting Calories It's All The Same

6:29pm July 02, 2015

by Alyson Hurt

Sports can burn a lot of energy. But vacuuming the carpet burns calories, too. The question is, how much? We checked out the numbers and found surprises.

About 90 percent of America's soybeans are genetically modified.

White House: We Have A Beef With GMO Regulations

6:13pm July 02, 2015

by Dan Charles

The White House has ordered a review of the government's system for regulating products of biotechnology, including genetically modified crops. That system has been controversial from the start.

Puerto Ricans Fear Troubled Economy Will Inflict Real Pain

6:08pm July 02, 2015

by Greg Allen

Officials avoided a default, paying hundreds of millions of dollars in debt payments. With a stagnant economy, more than $72 billion in debt and little cash, the U.S. territory is in economic trouble.

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A supporter registers for a town hall meeting Thursday in Rochester, Minn.

Small Donors Fueled Sanders' $15 Million Fundraising Haul

6:08pm July 02, 2015

by Peter Overby

The Vermont senator's campaign said its average contribution was $33.51, but reliance on small donors cuts both ways.

So Far, So Good For The Economy. But What About The Second Half?

5:36pm July 02, 2015

by Marilyn Geewax

The Labor Department's June report showed decent job growth, with unemployment dipping to 5.3 percent. In fact, 2015's first half was fairly good. But economists see dangers lurking in the back half.

BP Agrees To Fork Over Nearly $19B For Role In Gulf Oil Spill

5:31pm July 02, 2015

by Debbie Elliott

The oil giant BP has reached an $18.7 billion settlement with Gulf states and the federal government over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico — the worst in U.S. history.

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Gordon (played by Roscoe Orman), Maria (played by Sonia Manzano), and The Count on Sesame Street's 42nd season. Manzano is closing out a Sesame Street career that began in 1971.

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Maria Leaves Sesame Street After 44 Years On The Block

5:31pm July 02, 2015

by Lucy Perkins

Sonia Manzano's acting career began when she was in the original cast of Godspell — a musical which began as a student production on campus, according to the Associated Press.