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Rocket Landing At Sea Was 'Close But No Cigar'

11:31am January 10, 2015

An experimental rocket launched by SpaceX Saturday was a partial success. A cargo capsule will reach the International Space Station, but the spent rocket failed to land on a barge in the Atlantic.

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Skiing The Back Country Is Intoxicating, And Dangerous

11:31am January 10, 2015

Two promising young skiers died in an avalanche in Austria this week. In Yosemite, two climbers are scaling El Capitan. NPR's Scott Simon gets the latest from Outside Magazine's Grayson Schaffer.

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Employment Is Up. Paychecks, Not So Much

11:31am January 10, 2015

by Chris Arnold

Hopes that wages may finally be solidly on the rise were dashed in Friday's jobs report. While employers added 252,000 new jobs, average hourly earnings actually dipped.

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Dante Martin addresses the parents of Robert Champion on the witness stand on Friday. Martin was sentenced to six years in connection with the hazing death of Champion.

Former Florida A&M Student Sentenced To 6 Years In Hazing Death

8:18pm January 09, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The judge said Dante Martin, who was convicted in the death of his fellow band member, Robert Champion, was a "willing participant" in the ritual.

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Massachusetts Will Limit Practice Of Restraint And Seclusion In Schools

8:15pm January 09, 2015

by Joseph Shapiro

Massachusetts is one of a growing number of states that are putting new restrictions on the practice of restraining and secluding public school students.

Obama In Tennessee To Promote Free Community College

7:15pm January 09, 2015

by Claudio Sanchez

President Obama is on the road as part of his effort to jump-start his 2015 agenda. Friday he's in Tennessee, talking about higher education.

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A United Airlines 747-400 taxis at San Francisco International Airport in 2011. A group of flight attendants have filed suit against the airline to contest their firing over their handling of a perceived safety threat.

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Fired United Attendants Fight Back Over 'Menacing' Graffiti Episode

6:11pm January 09, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The airline's former employees are filing a federal whistleblower complaint over their termination for refusing to fly after discovering what they said was threatening graffiti on an aircraft.

House OKs Keystone XL Pipeline Despite Obama Veto Threat

5:53pm January 09, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The vote came hours after Nebraska's Supreme Court cleared the way for the controversial pipeline. The GOP-controlled Senate is also considering legislation to approve the pipeline.

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Senator Asks Red Cross To Explain Its Finances

3:38pm January 09, 2015

by Laura Sullivan

Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, wants the Red Cross to explain inaccuracies in how it has said it uses public donations, citing questions raised by an NPR and ProPublica investigation.

Abu Hamza al-Masri, also known as Mustafa Kamel Mustafa, at a 2002 fundamentalist Islamic conference in London, where he condemned what he called oppression of Muslims in the West. Masri was sentenced Friday in U.S. court to life in prison on terrorism-re

British Imam Convicted In U.S. Of Terrorism Charges Gets Life

3:04pm January 09, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Abu Hamza al-Masri was found guilty eight months ago of charges stemming from plots to kill tourists in Yemen to a plan to open a jihadist training camp in rural Oregon.