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Do More Boots On The Border Equal Security?

6:22pm November 28, 2014

by John Burnett

When President Obama announced changes to the immigration system, he offered to give more resources for border personnel. Officials have tried it before, and border security remains an elusive goal.

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'New Yorker' Cover Shows A Divided St. Louis

6:22pm November 28, 2014

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Bob Staake, illustrator of the controversial cover of The New Yorker, which depicts the St. Louis skyline divided in half by the colors black and white.

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After The Ferguson Decision, A Poem That Gives Name To The Hurt

6:22pm November 28, 2014

by Syreeta McFadden

This week, a Missouri grand jury decided not to indict Darren Wilson, the officer who killed Michael Brown. Writer Syreeta McFadden turns to Audre Lorde's poetry to make sense of this decision.

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Ray Rice arrives with his wife Janay Palmer for an appeal hearing of his indefinite suspension from the NFL, on Nov. 5. in New York.

Ray Rice Wins Appeal, Reinstated By NFL

4:59pm November 28, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The former Baltimore Ravens running back had been suspended indefinitely after a video surfaced showing him hitting his then-fiancee.

Police tape marks off the scene after authorities apparently shot and killed a man who they say opened fire on the Mexican Consulate, police headquarters and other downtown buildings early Friday.

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Texas Man Killed After Firing At Government Buildings

1:06pm November 28, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The gunman fired more than 100 rounds at a federal courthouse, a bank and the Mexican consulate before trying to set the consulate on fire. He died during a shootout with authorities.

Police are on guard as shoppers line up for a Black Friday sale at a Tesco store in Cardiff, Britain.

America's Black Friday Craziness Has Crossed The Pond

11:56am November 28, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The wild discount shopping that once was only a U.S. phenomenon has caught on in the U.K. and elsewhere, thanks largely to online retail giant Amazon.

A Rosneft oil rig at the Vankor oil field in eastern Siberia. Russia is already feeling the pinch of low oil prices.

Experts Predict Low Oil Prices Through Next Year

11:29am November 28, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Following a decision by OPEC ministers not to cut production, crude prices had fallen to a four-year low before rebounding slightly.

Organizers of the campus Sex Week event at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Talking (Very Frankly) About Sex On Campus

11:05am November 28, 2014

by Lindsay Sandoval

Sex Week events are designed to foster an open, healthy discussion about sex.

Pentagon Expected To Release More Detainees From Guantanamo

7:16am November 28, 2014

by David Welna

Since the midterm elections, there has been a new batch of transfers from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and more releases are in the works. But a new GOP Congress could stall the drive to empty Guantanamo.

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Two men wrestle in a ring full of smelt during the Smelt Carnival in Marinette, Wis., in 1939.

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Wacky Wrestlers Of Yesteryear

4:37am November 28, 2014

by Linton Weeks

In America, there's a fine line between gimmicky wrestling and performance art.