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Checking In With Paul Salopek, Who's Walking Around The World

7:27am May 02, 2016

Steve Inskeep talks to Paul Salopek, the National Geographic writer who is on a seven-year journey around the globe, tracing the steps of human migration. We catch up with him in Kazakhstan.

2016 Boring Conference In London Sells Out

6:58am May 02, 2016

This is the sixth year for the conference that centers on mundane things. A speech about elevators once got a standing ovation, but the boring buffet was definitely not a crowd pleaser.

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Gay Couple Wins Case; Gains Custody Of Baby Born To Thai Surrogate

6:26am May 02, 2016

A legally married same-sex couple who live in Spain, but whose baby was born to a surrogate mother in Thailand, won a court victory. Rachel Martin talks to Gordon "Bud" Lake III about the case.

A waiter carries beers at the Theresienwiese fair grounds of the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, southern Germany, last September. For centuries, a German law has stipulated that beer can only be made from four ingredients. But as Germany embraces cr

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Germany's Beer Purity Law Is 500 Years Old. Is It Past Its Sell-By Date?

5:17pm May 01, 2016

by Esme Nicholson

For centuries, German law has stipulated that beer can only be made from four ingredients. But as Germany embraces craft beer, some believe the law impedes good brewing.

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Sports

Leicester City's Underdog Story Nears Finish

10:04am May 01, 2016

UK's minor soccer club has captured world attention by soaring to the top of the Premier Division in one season. If the club can beat soccer giants Manchester United on Sunday, they'll take the title.

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David Cameron's Former Advisor Wants To Revamp The U.S. Conservative Movement

8:25am April 30, 2016

British political operative Steve Hilton tells NPR's Scott Simon what he thinks the conservative movement needs both in the U.K. and the U.S.

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The Large Hadron Collider uses superconducting magnets to smash sub-atomic particles together at enormous energies.

Weasel Apparently Shuts Down World's Most Powerful Particle Collider

6:30pm April 29, 2016

by Geoff Brumfiel

The Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland is offline, following a run-in with a small mammal that munched on a power cord.

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Sports

Leicester City On The Verge Of An Improbable, Historic Title

7:21am April 29, 2016

Long a minor player in England's Premier League, Leicester City is now poised to win the title, beating out some of the most talented clubs. Steve Inskeep talks to BBC sports announcer Jason Bourne.

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A British Airways plane departs London's Heathrow Airport in 2010. Earlier this month, a British Airways plane was hit by an unidentified object but landed safely at Heathrow.

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Not A Drone After All? Unclear What Hit That British Airways Plane

6:44pm April 28, 2016

by Dana Farrington

The incident prompted calls for more drone regulation, but a U.K. lawmaker now says it probably was not a drone that struck the plane. And an investigation has ended because of a lack of evidence.

People walk in front of Istanbul's Hagia Sophia on April 12. Turkey has seen tourist numbers plummet following a series of deadly terrorist attacks and a travel ban by Russia.

Terrorism Fears And Travel Bans Shake Tourism In Turkey

6:11pm April 28, 2016

by Peter Kenyon

In Istanbul's Grand Bazaar, a merchant calls it the worst tourist season in nearly four decades. Terrorism fears and a travel ban by Russia, an important source of tourists, are keeping visitors away.

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