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During Chicago's 1990s Crime Wave, A Rush To Judgment?

8:07am July 30, 2014

Chicago police faced an epidemic of crime — and, with it, pressure to solve high-profile cases. Linda Wertheimer talks with reporter Nicholas Schmidle about a murder case and his New Yorker piece.

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NCAA Head-Injury Settlement Includes $70 Million Medical Fund

8:07am July 30, 2014

The NCAA has settled a class-action lawsuit over its head injury policies, pending approval. Supporters laud a $70 million fund for medical monitoring; others say there's no money for injured players.

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A letter from Warren G. Harding to his lover, Carrie Fulton Phillips, dated Jan. 24, 1916.

Forget Tea Pot Dome: Harding's Love Letters Make For A New Steamy Scandal

7:50pm July 29, 2014

by Don Gonyea

The Library of Congress has released the rather racy love letters that former President Warren G. Harding sent to his mistress, Carrie Fulton Phillips.

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Coaches Help Released Inmates Step From The Cell Into A Job

7:31pm July 29, 2014

by Carrie Johnson

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Labor Secretary Tom Perez are traveling to Montgomery County, Md., to highlight workforce training for inmates about to leave prisons and jails. They plan to replicate the county's program around the U.S. by giving federal grant money.

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The Great Blue Hope: Michelle Nunn Tries The Improbable In Ga.

7:31pm July 29, 2014

by Greg Allen

Georgia hasn't elected a Democrat to statewide office for over a decade, but Senate candidate Michelle Nunn is the most viable hope the party's had in a long time.

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Customers can get a tactile experience trying on glasses at Warby Parker's shop in New York City.

It's Boom Times For Pop-Up Shops As Mobile Shopping Clicks

1:33pm July 29, 2014

by Elise Hu

One-click online shopping is changing how we shop. Stores with leases as short as a day are proliferating — meaning a storefront can be a designer clothing store one day and a test kitchen the next.

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What Ray Rice's 2-Game Suspension For Assault Says About The NFL

10:50am July 29, 2014

Linda Wertheimer talks with Bloomberg View sportswriter Kavitha Davidson about the NFL's suspension of the Baltimore Ravens running back for assaulting his then-fiancee, now wife.

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Crews Are Containing Western Wildfires, But More Bad Weather's Ahead

7:35am July 29, 2014

by Nathan Rott

Firefighters are making good progress on a number of destructive wildfires burning in the West. In Washington, fire crews are hoping to contain the largest fire in that state's history within the next week.

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N.H. Promises To Let D.C. Residents Buy Booze There

7:35am July 29, 2014

A clerk in Concord recently refused to sell liquor to a resident of the nation's capital because state law says licenses from other states can be used to buy booze, and Washington isn't a state.

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LA Judge Rules Sale Of Clippers Can Move Ahead

8:55pm July 28, 2014

A Los Angeles judge has issued a preliminary ruling against embattled LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling.

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