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Political messaging is a long-standing tradition, as shown here by a beaming President Harry Truman speaking at the Women's National Democratic Club in 1949.

Inside The Message Machine That Could Make Politicians More Persuasive

8:04pm October 06, 2015

by Scott Detrow

A political scientist identified optimally persuasive terms that make people more inclined to support the health care act. He says the tool could someday make it easier to sharpen political messages.

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Unregulated Fantasy Sports Industry Rocked By Insider Trading Scandal

8:04pm October 06, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with John Ourand of Sports Business Daily about the scandal in the multi-billion dollar industry of fantasy sports after two major companies were accused of insider trading.

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Rep. Sandy Levin: Fight Over Pacific Trade Deal Is About Setting Standards

8:04pm October 06, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Democratic Rep. Sandy Levin, ranking minority member of the Ways and Means Committee, who monitored Trans-Pacific Partnership talks and advocated changes to the deal.

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Ken (left) and Henry were created using DNA plucked from a skin cell of Melvin, the beloved pet of Paula and Phillip Dupont of Lafayette, La.

Cloning Your Dog, For A Mere $100,000

6:56pm October 06, 2015

by Rob Stein

The Duponts in Louisiana loved their mutt Melvin so much they jumped at the chance to replicate him. Melvin is gone now, but he has left behind two clones, Ken and Henry.

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The Secret To Club Stores' Success: Breaking The Rules Of Retail

6:56pm October 06, 2015

by Jacob Goldstein

Take every standard lesson about how to sell stuff to people and then break all the rules. That's the secret to some of the nation's biggest retail chains.

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Microsoft's Satya Nadella Travels The World Looking For The Next Big Idea

6:48pm October 06, 2015

by Aarti Shahani

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was in Mexico last week on a high-profile visit. Now that smartphones and Internet access have become so universal, the next billion-dollar idea could come from anywhere.

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Hillary Clinton Proposes Ways To Minimize Gun Violence

6:48pm October 06, 2015

by Domenico Montanaro

After last week's mass shooting at a community college in Oregon, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton released a gun-control platform. .

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A small group of people rallied outside the Boston Museum of Fine Arts on Monday to protest that paintings by famous French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir are featured in the museum.

3 Questions With The Guy Who Hates Renoir

6:19pm October 06, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Max Geller led a small crowd in protest of the fact that paintings by renowned French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir hang in Boston's Museum of Fine Arts.

Pictured is the inside of the Pavlovich Ballet School Building, home of the Columbia Classical Ballet, as electrical crews shut off power Monday, in Columbia, S.C.

Deluge Contaminates And Destroys Ballet School

5:42pm October 06, 2015

by Elizabeth Blair

The South Carolina flood has left the Columbia Classical Ballet Company without not just its costumes and scores but its building.

In the past 15 years, states have passed laws intended to reduce the toll of bullying.

Laws To Stop Bullying Can Protect Teens If They're Done Right

5:18pm October 06, 2015

by Lynne Shallcross

Although every state in the nation now has anti-bullying laws, it wasn't clear if they have any bite in stopping bullies, until now. Clear objectives help a lot, researchers say.