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Geologists Dave Tucker (left) and Pete Stelling at the Mount Baker hot springs in Washington's Cascade Mountains. The springs are within the large tract of federal land that could soon be open for geothermal development.

In Northwest, A Push To Protect Forest As Geothermal Projects Near

6:23pm April 20, 2015

by Ashley Ahearn

The Forest Service is set to open more than 80,000 acres for clean, renewable geothermal power in Washington state. But environmentalists are worried about damage to streams and old-growth forests.

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Alex Rodriguez Closes In On 660 Homerun Record Set By Willie Mays

6:23pm April 20, 2015

NPR's Melissa Block talks with Mark Feinsand, Yankees beat writer with the New York Daily News, about Alex Rodriguez's game this year and how he is expected to surpass Willie Mays' 660 homerun record.

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Jayne Rowse (left) and April DeBoer with their four children, Jacob (from left), Rylee, Nolan and Ryanne at a news conference in March.

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Meet The 'Accidental Activists' Of The Supreme Court's Same-Sex-Marriage Case

6:23pm April 20, 2015

by Nina Totenberg

The legal battle over same-sex marriage hits the Supreme Court next week. It's an extraordinarily high-stakes clash, but the men and women at the center of it see themselves as incredibly ordinary.

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BuzzFeed Deleted Stories After Complaints From Advertisers

5:35pm April 20, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

In a memo to staff, editor in chief Ben Smith acknowledged that the site had deleted more than 1,000 posts — three of them after complaints from advertisers. Gawker first reported on the deletions.

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Twitter Now Allows Users To Receive Direct Messages From Any User

5:04pm April 20, 2015

by Sam Sanders

Before today, a Twitter user could send direct messages only if the recipient was one of the user's followers. Now there's an option that would allow users to message anyone on Twitter.

According to the Food and Drug Administration, there were four flavors of Kind bar that were misbranded when the agency reviewed them in August 2014.

Nut So Fast, Kind Bars: FDA Smacks Snacks On Health Claims

4:30pm April 20, 2015

by Poncie Rutsch

The FDA has issued a warning letter to Kind about the labeling of its fruit-and-nut snack bars. It argues that the bars contain too much fat to bear the label "healthy" printed on the wrapper.

In the Fortune Garden kitchen in El Centro, Calif., near the Mexican border, cooks speak to each other in Cantonese, and waiters give orders in Spanish.

The Chinese-Mexican Cuisine Born Of U.S. Prejudice

4:20pm April 20, 2015

by Lisa Morehouse

Fried yellow chilis. Baja-style fish. Not the typical Chinese restaurant fare, unless you're near the U.S.-Mexico border. The reasons go back to an 1882 law enacted to keep Chinese out of the U.S.

Lily as the musician and actress Grace Jones, whose "androgyny, sharp cheekbones, and fearlessness caught the attention of many when she danced in the legendary Studio 54," writes Lily's dad (and photographer) Mark Bushelle.

Photos: From Grace Jones To Toni Morrison, Little Girl Dresses Up Like Black Heroines

3:49pm April 20, 2015

by Alycia Bennett

Many African-American parents try to extend black history lessons beyond February. One family has turned an experimental photo shoot into an effort to bring this history to life for their daughter.

Reporters and campaign staffers rush to their cars to get to Hillary Clinton's first Iowa campaign stop.

The Cat-And-Mouse Game Of The Great Clinton Chase, Iowa Edition

3:47pm April 20, 2015

by Tamara Keith

Hillary Clinton's campaign went to great lengths to keep her events in Iowa this week intimate. That's easier said than done when the candidate is one of the world's most famous politicians.

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A shipwreck is seen near the coast in Lake Michigan, where clear waters recently allowed a Coast Guard helicopter to take striking aerial photos of several wreck sites.

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Shipwrecks Ahoy: Coast Guard Shares Pics From Crystal-Clear Lake Michigan

3:38pm April 20, 2015

by Bill Chappell

All of that cold, fresh water has helped preserve wrecked ships over the years. A Coast Guard helicopter recently captured some striking images of historic ships.