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Los Angeles' Skid Row contains one of the largest concentrations of homeless people in the United States.

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As Downtown LA Grows, So Does Urgency To Fix Skid Row

10:03am October 27, 2014

by Arun Rath

In Los Angeles, more than a thousand people sleep on the street in cardboard boxes and tents — just a mile away from City Hall. Many want to fix Skid Row, but how to do it is extremely controversial.

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Construction workers lift an oak tree to move it to the other side of the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business.

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Lifted On Giant Inner Tubes, An Old Tree Moves In Michigan

8:42am October 27, 2014

by Tracy Samilton

A 250-year-old oak tree once stood in the way of the University of Michigan's new business school — until it was moved this weekend. It wasn't easy, though, and definitely not cheap.

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Former Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton reads from the 2011 best-seller Go the [bleep] to Sleep.

LeVar Burton Reads 'Go The [Expletive] To Sleep'

8:42am October 27, 2014

by Bill Chappell

To any over-exhausted parents who suspect they're hallucinating, we assure you: Former Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton gave a reading of the 2011 best-seller this weekend.

VIDEO: Talking While Female

8:12am October 27, 2014

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

For starters: Your voice is too squeaky, too loud; it lacks authority, is grating or obnoxious or unprofessional. Why is talking while female such an offense?

Nurse Criticizes Quarantine After Negative Ebola Test, Hires Lawyer

4:05pm October 26, 2014

by Bill Chappell

Kaci Hickox says she doesn't have a fever; a preliminary blood test came back negative for Ebola. She reportedly hired a civil rights attorney to work for her release Sunday.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, (right) announced a new mandatory 21-day quarantine Friday, alongside New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Christie Defends Quarantine And Jabs At CDC Over Ebola

3:02pm October 26, 2014

by Bill Chappell

Dr. Anthony Fauci, leader of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, disagrees, says the quarantine could hamper efforts to combat the deadly outbreak in West Africa.

Marines play a game of cards as British and U.S. troops prepare to leave the Camp Bastion-Leatherneck complex at Lashkar Gah in Afghanistan's Helmand province. The base was formally handed over to an Afghan force Sunday.

U.S. Marines Leave Afghanistan, Along With British Force

2:28pm October 26, 2014

by Bill Chappell

The coalition base in southern Helmand Province was first established nearly 6 years ago. For Britain, the day brought an end to 13 years of military operations in Afghanistan.

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What's My Risk Of Catching Ebola?

10:57pm October 25, 2014

by Michaeleen Doucleff

Folks in the U.S. are in a panic about catching Ebola. Let's just say, you're more likely to be eaten by a shark. The situation in Liberia, however, is starkly different.

Mississippi Rebels fans cheer for their team prior to their game on October 18. The University of Mississippi has been in an ongoing effort to distance the state's flagship academic institution from its segregationist history.

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'Ole Miss' Debates Campus Traditions With Confederate Roots

6:54pm October 25, 2014

by Sandra Knispel

The University of Mississippi is making an ongoing effort to remove potentially divisive and racially charged symbols to try and make the campus more welcoming, but not everybody welcomes the changes.

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Ballot Questions Draw Voters In 43 States

6:39pm October 25, 2014

Ballot measures cover a lot of ground this year — from minimum wage to school calendars to one involving doughnuts and bear hunting. NPR's Charlie Mahtesian takes NPR's Scott Simon through the list.

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