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The Ultimate Procrastinator's Guide To Gifts

5:26am December 25, 2019

by Alina Selyukh

It happens. Sometimes, you buy holiday gifts weeks in advance — sometimes it's Christmas morning, extended family arrive and you have nothing to give them. Cue a guide to the truly last-minute gift.

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Crisis At The WTO

5:26am December 25, 2019

David Greene talks with Chad Bown of the Peterson Institute for International Economics about the crisis at the World Trade Organization amid global trade deals and disputes.

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Boeing Picks New CEO To 'Restore Confidence, Repair Relationships'

7:39am December 24, 2019

NPR's David Greene talks to aerospace analyst Richard Aboulafia about David Calhoun, who takes over as Boeing's CEO after the company suspended production of its 737 Max planes.

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50 Cent Gives His Son A Private Shopping Spree

7:14am December 24, 2019

50 Cent's son Sire didn't just want a toy from Toys R Us, he wanted the store. The rapper dropped $100,000 to temporarily dub the store "Sire's Toys R Us," and let his son pick out anything he wanted.

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Companies Face An Uphill Battle Trying To Get Americans To Eat Bugs

6:30am December 24, 2019

by Darius Rafieyan

A new crop of young entrepreneurs are looking to capitalize on the latest food trend: eating bugs. The protein source is showing up on shelves at grocery chains.

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News Brief: Boeing's Issues, Card Message, Catholic Church Abuse

6:21am December 24, 2019

Boeing has a new CEO but the same old problems. British girl finds message inside holiday card written by prisoner in Shanghai. Catholic order in Mexico reveals sexual abuse of minors in a report.

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Congress is trying to crack down on teenagers and young adults using tobacco products, including e-cigarettes.

Health & Safety

Why Tobacco Industry Giants Backed Raising The Minimum Age Of Purchase

6:54pm December 23, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

President Trump has signed off on raising the age of sale from 18 to 21 for cigarettes and e-cigarettes. Health advocates worry it guards the industry from further sweeping regulations.

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Florence Widdicombe, 6, poses with a Christmas card from the same pack as a card she found containing a message apparently from foreign prisoners in China. The U.K.-based grocery chain Tesco has halted production at the factory in China that supplied the

World News

6-Year-Old Finds Message Alleging Chinese Prison Labor In Box Of Christmas Cards

3:48pm December 23, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

"We are foreign prisoners in Shanghai Qingpu prison China," the note said in English. "Forced to work against our will. Please help us and notify human rights organization."

Boeing announced Dennis Muilenburg is out as CEO.

Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg Is Out

1:29pm December 23, 2019

by Brakkton Booker

Boeing statement: "The Board of Directors decided that a change in leadership was necessary to restore confidence in the Company." More than 300 people have died in Boeing 737 Max plane crashes.

Health & Safety

Examining Health Care Spending Since Obamacare

12:57pm December 23, 2019

NPR's Noel King talks to David Wessel of the Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution about health care spending since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law 10 years ago.

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