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The FAA declined to regulate seat size and pitch on airlines, saying current dimensions do not present a safety hazard.

National

FAA To Passengers: Not Our Job To Regulate Seat Size, Legroom On Planes

2:48pm July 05, 2018

by Amy Held

In a letter responding to a lawsuit brought by the group Flyers Rights, the Federal Aviation Administration said that current seat size is not a safety issue.

Amir Peay recently opened a distillery in Lexington, Ky., at the site of the James E. Pepper distillery. About 10 percent of his revenues come from exports, and Peay worries that the European Union's tariffs will hurt his overseas business.

Caught In Tariff War, U.S. Distillers Fear Losing Out On Global Whiskey Boom

1:42pm July 05, 2018

by John Ydstie

Whiskey distillers in the U.S. are concerned EU tariffs will take a big bite out of sales. Many have expanded to meet growing demand and worry what will happen if trade frictions aren't resolved soon.

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Rancher Buck Taylor proudly flies his American and Trump flags by his driveway mailboxes and signpost in Diamond Valley, Ore. He and other ranchers are facing new tariffs on beef exports that could cost him – but he doesn't blame President Trump.

Northwest Ranchers Have Beef With Trump's Trade Wars, But Still Support Him

7:58am July 05, 2018

by Anna King

Tariffs are hitting U.S. beef exports this week. Ranchers across the West are bracing to lose money — but many still proudly back the president.

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What Happens When Bureaucracy Accidentally Kills You?

6:49am July 05, 2018

by Aviva DeKornfeld

There is a list of names of just about everyone with a social security number who has died. It is meant to prevent identity theft. But sometimes a name of a living person gets added by accident.

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World News

U.S. And Iran Trade Threats Over Oil Exports, Persian Gulf Shipping Lane

6:04am July 05, 2018

by Peter Kenyon

After Iran's president suggested Mideast oil exports could be disrupted if Iran's oil exports are cut off, Washington said it would do what's necessary to keep the Strait of Hormuz open for tankers.

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National

All He's Ever Wanted Is To Mine Coal. How Long Can He Chase His Dream?

5:11pm July 04, 2018

Kyle Johnson is a young man who wants to be a coal miner more than anything. NPR's Embedded podcast follows his search for a job in a region where the future of coal is in question.

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Struggling to stay afloat, a rural hospital in Missouri took a chance on new managers.

Vulnerable Rural Hospitals Face Tough Decisions On Questionable Billing Schemes

7:48pm July 03, 2018

Management consultants have been buying up struggling rural hospitals, claiming they can turn their finances around. But are those strategies in the hospitals' best interest?

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Economy

Star Spangled Indicator

6:52pm July 03, 2018

Flags: symbol of a country, patriotic rallying cry, and a telling economic indicator. Today on the show, a factory in China that makes American flags, and what it tells us about the modern economy.

The booming real estate market has driven up prices to the point where Rhode Island now has the most expensive farmland in the country. The state is trying to preserve some land for farmers.

National

Rhode Island Bets The Farm That Cheap Land Will Help Local Agriculture Thrive

5:37pm July 03, 2018

by Stephanie Leydon

The state is about to offer bargain basement prices on something that's become increasingly unaffordable: real estate. But the land must be used for farming only.

National

'Embedded' Reports On Coal From Appalachia

4:56pm July 03, 2018

Coal is booming. Coal is dying. Both sentences are true to some extent, as Kelly McEvers and Chris Benderev found out while reporting from central Appalachia for the podcast, Embedded.

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