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Reports: Charter Communications To Buy Time Warner Cable For $55B

3:05pm May 25, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The deal would make the combined company a major rival to Comcast Corp. Comcast last month abandoned its own bid for Time Warner following concerns raised by the Justice Department.

A memorial honors Staff Sgt. John Henry McCarthy on the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Colborne Road in Boston.

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On Memorial Day, Learning The Story Behind The Markers

8:08am May 25, 2015

by Steve Brown

In a Boston neighborhood, WBUR's Steve Brown seeks out the story of a Marine honored by one of the many markers throughout the city that commemorates sacrifice in war.

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Juan Pablo Montoya Wins Second Indy 500

6:08am May 25, 2015

by Doreen McCallister

The Colombian native came from dead last to finish first. He won the event in 2000 as a rookie.

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'They're Not Gang Members': Bikers Protest Mass Arrests In Waco

11:13pm May 24, 2015

by John Burnett

Bikers claim that many who were arrested in the Waco, Texas, brawl last week were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. But police say the bikers were "known criminal gang members."

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Cleveland Police Arrest Protesters After Officer's Aquittal

11:15am May 24, 2015

by M.L. Schultze

In Cleveland, residents, protesters and pastors are expressing disappointment following a judge's verdict Saturday acquitting a police officer in the 2012 fatal shooting of two black men.

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Colorado's Free IUD Program Set To End In July

11:15am May 24, 2015

A program that made IUDs accessible to Colorado teenagers is running out of funding. State Rep. Don Coram, a Republican, fought to save it. He credits the initiative with the drop in teen pregnancies.

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As ISIS Expands Its Control, U.S. Policy Is Questioned

11:15am May 24, 2015

The so-called Islamic State captured two strategic cities recently: Ramadi, Iraq, and Palmyra, Syria. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks to Vali Nasr of Johns Hopkins about the U.S. strategy toward ISIS.

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Ohio To Set Standards For Police Use Of Deadly Force

11:15am May 24, 2015

Ohio Gov. John Kasich recently put together a group in Cleveland to look at the divide between the city and the police. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to a member of that task force, Nina Turner.

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Cleveland Simmers In Wake Of Officer's Manslaughter Acquittal

9:49pm May 23, 2015

by Nick Castele

Cleveland residents are on edge after a white police officer was found not guilty in the 2012 shooting deaths of an unarmed black driver and his passenger. The shooting ended a high-speed car chase.

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Oil-Soaked Wildlife Turn Up On California Coast, As Cleanup Efforts Continue

9:49pm May 23, 2015

by Nathan Rott

Workers continue to clean the coastline near Santa Barbara, where some 105,000 gallons of crude oil were spilled. Several pelicans, both dead and alive, have been found soaked in oil.

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