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The Michigan Micro Mote (M3) is the world's smallest computer. A temperature sensor is one of the three types of the M3.

At 50 Years Old, The Challenge To Keep Up With Moore's Law

9:02pm April 26, 2015

by Laura Sydell

Gordon Moore's observation on the exponential improvement in hardware has pushed computers to be faster, smaller and cheaper. But there may be a point where tech advancements outpace the theory.

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Baltimore Protests Turn Violent

8:57pm April 26, 2015

by Matt Laslo

A week of peaceful protests in Baltimore over the death of Freddie Gray, a young African-American man, turned violent Saturday. Police arrested twelve people for destroying property and other crimes.

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Almonds, cows, and consumers have all been named as leading culprits in California's water crisis.

Beyond Almonds: A Rogue's Gallery of Guzzlers In California's Drought

3:14pm April 26, 2015

by Dan Charles

California is parched. Wells are running dry. Vegetable fields have been left fallow and lawns are dying. Who can we blame? From almonds to politicians to cheap water, here are seven candidates.

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"There are two ways to go forward from here, and history shows this," Martin O'Malley said of the two parties' approaches to fixing the economy. "One path is a sensible rebalancing that calls us back to our tried and true success story as the land of oppo

O'Malley: America's Economy Needs 'Sensible Rebalancing,' Not 'Pitchforks'

3:03pm April 26, 2015

by NPR Staff

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, who will decide on a presidential run soon, is for a higher minimum wage and wants to increase Social Security benefits even though some would pay higher taxes.

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Regatta participant Robert Luiten of Mobile, Ala., right, rejoices on learning that his son, Leonard Luiten, was found after their boat capsized in a storm on Saturday, in Dauphin Island, Ala. The Coast Guard is still searching for five missing sailors.

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2 Dead, 5 Missing After Sudden Squall Hits Alabama Sailing Regatta

2:56pm April 26, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Several boats in a race at Dauphin Island in Mobile Bay were capsized when winds unexpectedly gusted to 50 knots, generating waves up to 10 feet high.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., (left) and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., at a ceremony last month at the U.S. Capitol.

Has The Senate Found It's More Fun To Be Functional?

2:54pm April 26, 2015

by Ron Elving

If this Senate is getting some traction, it's not yet a threat to anyone's legislative hall of fame. Much higher hurdles loom, including highway funding, spending bills and the debt ceiling.

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Police carry a detained man to a waiting police van after a march to City Hall for Freddie Gray, on Saturday. Authorities say 34 people were arrested in the protest over Gray, who died in police custody last week.

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Baltimore Police: 34 Arrested In Freddie Gray Protest

1:20pm April 26, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Even with the arrests, police said Saturday's protest over Gray — a 25-year-old black man who died in police custody after receiving a fatal spinal cord injury — was "mostly peaceful."

Staten Island Candidates Avoid Talk Of Eric Garner Case

10:47am April 26, 2015

by Brigid Bergin

In the New York Congressional district where an an unarmed black man died at the hands of police last year, neither candidate for a special congressional election is using the death to score points.

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What If Students Could Fire Their Professors?

8:03am April 26, 2015

by Anya Kamenetz

A bill in the Iowa state Senate would rate and fire professors based solely on student evaluations. Research suggests that's not such a good idea.

The Armenian Diaspora Remembers And Mourns

6:23pm April 25, 2015

The largest Armenian population in the United States lives in Glendale, Calif. NPR's Arun Rath attended a vigil to commemorate the centennial of mass killings of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire.

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