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Pro-public lands messages are projected on the McNichols Civic Center in Denver. The Outdoor Retailer and Snow Show moved to Colorado because of a public land use dispute with Utah government leaders.

2 Trade Shows, 2 Portraits Of The American Conservation Movement

1:26pm February 08, 2018

Major outdoor shows in Colorado and Pennsylvania put a complex and divided American conservation movement on full display. But some see shared values beneath frequently political exteriors.

A chemical irritant that onions use to protect themselves against animals is released when we cut them, making us cry.

Stop Crying! Tear-Free Onions Are Here

1:22pm February 08, 2018

by Tove Danovich

For years, people have been crying about how chopping onions brings on the waterworks. Well, there's finally a tearless onion, but the allium has not quite caught on with the general public yet.

Matthieu Reeb, secretary-general of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, announces the court's decision on Feb. 1 regarding Russian athletes. He is set to announce another decision Friday.

Court To Announce Decision On Russian Athletes Hours Before Opening Ceremonies

1:02pm February 08, 2018

by James Doubek

Dozens of Russian athletes have mounted a last-ditch appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport over their exclusion from the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

Arunachalam Muruganatham poses with actor Akshay Kumar, who portrays him in the new film Pad Man. It's a biopic about Muruganatham's quest to invent a machine that could make low-cost sanitary napkins.

Health & Safety

'Pad Man' Is A Bollywood Movie About A Man And His Menstrual Pads

12:17pm February 08, 2018

by Kamala Thiagarajan

It's the real-life story of a tinkerer obsessed with manufacturing low-cost sanitary napkins. And it even has songs.

Gary Stone of the Otero County Cattlemen's Association says ranchers held off activists who wanted a Bundy-style protest over control of federal land. Instead they waged their battle in the courts.

National

In Rural New Mexico, Ranchers Wage Their Battle Through The Courts

12:04pm February 08, 2018

by Kirk Siegler

Cliven Bundy is calling on other ranchers to rebel against the government after the collapse of a federal conspiracy case against him. But it's unclear how, or even if, other ranchers will respond.

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Fans line Benjamin Franklin Parkway before the Super Bowl victory parade for the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday in Philadelphia.

Eagles Parade: Philly Celebrates Its Super Bowl Win As Only Philly Can

11:42am February 08, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

The line at the Wawa near the Rocky steps stretched around the block by 6 a.m.

On Jan. 10, President Trump signed into law the bipartisan Interdict Act, to give federal agents more tools to curtail opioid trafficking. But, after declaring the opioid crisis a public health emergency last fall, Trump has been slow to request money for

Trump Says He Will Focus On Opioid Law Enforcement, Not Treatment

11:20am February 08, 2018

by Greg Allen

Opioids are a public health emergency, the president says, but he hasn't acted on the White House opioid commission's recommendations to expand treatment.

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The good news for Twitter is tempered by a loss of about 1 million monthly active users in the U.S. compared to last quarter.

Twitter Announces A Profit For The First Time

11:11am February 08, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

The company attributes the strong financial results to an expanding character limit – now 280 characters, rather than the previous 140 – and making it easier to thread a series of Tweets together.

People in Philadelphia walk past a placard posted on a newsstand with a message of support for imprisoned rapper Meek Mill. Mill's imprisonment on a probation violation set off a flurry of legal appeals, criticism of the criminal justice system and rallie

Sports

How The Eagles Sneaked A Little Protest Into The Super Bowl

10:55am February 08, 2018

by Gene Demby

The incarcerated Philly rapper Meek Mill wrote the Eagles rallying song and has become a poster child for what many see as a draconian probation system.

Bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor, snowboarder Alex Deibold, skier Lindsey Vonn, skier Gus Kenworthy and members of Team USA pose for a photo during the 100 Days Out 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics Celebration.

Olympians Next Door: Where America's Winter Olympic Athletes Come From

10:12am February 08, 2018

While powerhouse states like Colorado and California are sending the most Olympians to Pyeongchang, towns and cities around the U.S. have good reason to watch their daughters and sons compete as well.