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House Panel To Hold First Hearings Into Flint's Water Crisis

7:34am February 03, 2016

Investigations are being conducted into how Flint's drinking water was contaminated with lead. Mary Louise Kelly talks to Keith Creagh, interim head of Michigan's Department of Environmental Quality.

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GOP Presidential Candidates Flood New Hampshire Ahead Of Primary

10:15pm February 02, 2016

by Scott Detrow

A day after the Iowa caucuses, Republican presidential candidates are flooding New Hampshire hoping to make their mark ahead of next week's primary.

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Residents Grant and Gaye Gunderson, part of the group of town residents who were waiting for the anti-federal, anti-FBI protesters at the courthouse in Harney County.

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To Protesters Flocking To Oregon Town, Locals Say 'Go Home'

10:05pm February 02, 2016

by Martin Kaste

Anger erupted in front of the county courthouse in Burns, Ore., Monday as anti-government protesters in town for a rally met a wall of locals sick of outsiders trying to start a movement there.

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White House Proposes $1 Billion Fund To Combat Opioid Abuse

10:05pm February 02, 2016

by Scott Horsley

The White House is proposing more than $1 billion in new funding to fight heroin and opioid drug abuse.

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The Science Of Getting Kids Organized

10:04pm February 02, 2016

by Karen Brown

Can teaching kids impulse control, self-evaluation and focus actually help them do better in school? Parents are paying top dollar for executive function coaches.

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Study Suggests Surgical Residents Can Safely Work Longer Shifts

10:02pm February 02, 2016

by Jordan Rau

Researchers tested whether loosening restrictions on the work schedules of doctors in training would lead to more harm to patients.

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Yahoo is addressing continued losses with layoffs and other cuts.

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Yahoo Laying Off Staff And Considering Selling Itself

8:33pm February 02, 2016

by Laura Sydell

The Internet pioneer continues to lose money. Its fourth-quarter report shows a loss of $4.4 billion. Established in the days of dial-up modems, it has had trouble keeping up with life on the Web.

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Florida Delays Execution Until Supreme Court Ruling Is Applied

8:26pm February 02, 2016

by Laura Wagner

The state's highest court has delayed next week's planned execution of an inmate until until it determines how to apply a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the state's death penalty system is flawed.

The Zika virus, once thought to be spread only through mosquito bites, was sexually transmitted to a person in Texas, health officials say.

Zika Virus Acquired Through Sexual Transmission, Texas Officials Say

8:02pm February 02, 2016

by Laura Wagner

A person has been infected through sexual contact, according to Dallas County health officials. Previously, experts had warned the virus was spread through mosquito bites.

John Kasich: Negative Ads A Sign 'We're Expanding' In New Hampshire

7:36pm February 02, 2016

NPR's Robert Siegel, reporting this week from New Hampshire, talks with Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who appears to have caught the eye of likely GOP voters there. He was also endorsed by The New York Times over the weekend. We met up with Kasich on a campaign swing through Claremont, N.H.

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