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As College Tuition Soars, What Puts That Price Tag In Motion?

6:42pm June 09, 2014

by Anya Kamenetz

As President Obama unveils new efforts to help college graduates with student loan debt, there's new focus on the problems that drive that debt: the cost of college and the reasons it's been skyrocketing.

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In Las Vegas Shootings, Some Suspect Roots In Anti-Government Militias

6:42pm June 09, 2014

by Kirk Siegler

A married couple apparently killed two police officers and another woman in Las Vegas. The husband and wife, also killed in the shooting, appear to have held anti-government and anti-law enforcement views.

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Supreme Court: At 21, Some Children Must Start Visa Process Over

6:42pm June 09, 2014

by Nina Totenberg

In an unusual majority, the Supreme Court's liberal and conservative justices have decided that immigrant children who turn 21 while their parents' immigration application is pending must start over.

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Baseball Has An Elbow Problem: More Pros Getting Ligament Surgery

3:13pm June 09, 2014

by NPR Staff

As demand on pitchers (and their elbows) mounts, players are getting "Tommy John" surgery at a record pace. Doctors are wondering what — if anything — can be done about the injuries.

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Ifetayo Harvey's father went to prison when she was 4 years old and released when she was 12. Now 22, she says the experience helped her empathize with others and understand people from a different perspective.

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When A Parent Goes To Prison, A Child Also Pays A Price

6:43pm June 08, 2014

by NPR Staff

More people are going to prison, and more children are impacted as a result. What effect does that have on kids? The question is rarely researched, but Ifetayo Harvey knows the answer firsthand.

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Was There Incentive At VA For Behavior That Created Scandal?

6:42pm June 08, 2014

NPR's Arun Rath speaks with Dr. Kenneth Kizer about strategies to improve health care at the country's veterans hospitals. Kizer is is a former undersecretary for health in the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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Open Carry Activists Bear Arms In The Streets — And Chipotle

6:02pm June 07, 2014

by John Burnett

As part of the open carry movement, some gun rights activists in Texas have been carrying rifles into restaurants. Many national chains have responded by instituting no-guns policies.

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Move Over, Bridgegate: Chris Christie's Next Campaign Roadblock

12:02pm June 07, 2014

by Joel Rose

Turns out New Jersey's economy — not the George Washington Bridge scandal — may be the biggest threat to the governor's presidential ambitions.

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What Happened To Unemployment Benefits?

9:46pm June 06, 2014

by Tamara Keith

Five months have passed since the expiration of the emergency unemployment benefits program for the long-term unemployed. Amid congressional delays, it's unclear whether those benefits ever will be extended.

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Jim Ryun becomes the first high-schooler to break the four-minute-mile record, with a run of 3:59 in 1964. He went on to break the record three more times while in high school.

A Campaign To Bring Back 'America's Distance': The 1-Mile Race

7:45pm June 06, 2014

by Tom Goldman

The mile was once an important running competition, but today's races are generally measured in meters. A race that's often called a mile — four laps around a 400-meter track — is just shy of one.

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