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Liz Treston received thousands of dollars from FEMA and the Small Business Administration after Superstorm Sandy destroyed her basement. Two years later, FEMA demanded more than $4,000 of that money back.

National

For Some Superstorm Sandy Victims, The Government Wants Its Money Back

1:28pm April 13, 2015

by Miles Parks

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is demanding that more than 3,600 people pay back almost $24 million in disaster grants they were given years ago in error.

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Police In Other Communities Are Consumed By Ferguson

12:38pm April 13, 2015

Why is there such a divide between police and communities of color? NPR's Rachel Martin talks to high- and low-ranking officers for their views on Ferguson, New York and body cameras.

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Two Views Of The CIA's 'Enhanced' Interrogations

12:38pm April 13, 2015

The Senate Intelligence Committee released a report Tuesday on the interrogation techniques used by the CIA after 9/11. The report has elicited a number of sharply differing perspectives.

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Recovery Or Not, Some Still Feel Economic Pain

12:36pm April 13, 2015

The government is ending the federal stimulus program. In the For the Record segment, NPR's Rachel Martin speaks to people around the country about whether they feel the economy has recovered.

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Will Ebola Impact Midterm Elections?

12:34pm April 13, 2015

Weekend Edition Sunday's new segment, "For the Record," kicks off with politics and Ebola. NPR's Rachel Martin asks NPR's Mara Liasson and Dallas columnist J. Floyd about the politics of the disease.

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Yolanda Soto runs Borderlands Food Bank in Nogales, Ariz. Each year, the nonprofit rescues millions of pounds of nutritious and safe fruits and vegetables rejected near the U.S. border and redirects them to needy families across America.

Lunch, Not Landfill: Nonprofit Rescues Produce Rejected At U.S. Border

11:07am April 13, 2015

by Lisa Morehouse

Each year, millions of pounds of Mexican produce are rejected just past the border even though it's tasty and edible. Instead of the landfill, it's now going to needy families across the U.S.

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One of the two female ospreys that scuffled over the male on the Boulder County, Colo., nest web cam.

Better Than 'Survivor': Wild Drama Hooks Viewers On Nest Web Cams

10:37am April 13, 2015

by Grace Hood

Forget Big Brother and Real Housewives. Local governments and nonprofits are starting to capitalize on our unquenchable thirst for reality programming — in the form of bird nest cams.

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Obamacare Cut The Ranks Of The Uninsured By A Third

9:20am April 13, 2015

by Julie Rovner

The percentage of people without health insurance has dropped to 13.2 percent from 20.2 percent in 2012, according to federal officials. The uptick in coverage has been biggest for Latinos.

Glenn Lightner in 2012 at age 13. His father searched clinicaltrials.gov for years, to no avail, hoping to find a promising experimental cancer treatment that might save his son's life.

Results Of Many Clinical Trials Not Being Reported

4:51pm April 12, 2015

by Richard Harris

Federal law requires publicly funded medical researchers to promptly report the results of many experimental treatments. But few are doing so, a review shows, and patients may be hurt.

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Hillary Clinton announces her candidacy.

It's Official: Hillary Clinton Announces Presidential Run

4:26pm April 12, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Clinton, a former secretary of state, U.S. senator from New York and first lady, is the first Democrat to officially announce a presidential run — and she's by far the favorite to win the nomination.