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Fresh Air Weekend: Actor Giancarlo Esposito; 6 Summer Books; Polar Photography
Esposito reprises his Breaking Bad villain, Gus Fring, on Better Call Saul.Maureen Corrigan presents her early summer reading list. Paul Nicklen takes pictures of a fragile and ferocious ecosystem.
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Fannie Mae Posts Record Profit; Paid Taxpayers $11.6 Billion In 2012
The mortgage giant needed a $116 billion bailout from the federal government after the housing bubble burst in 2007. As housing recovers, it's been able to put money back into Treasury's coffers.
An End to Gerrymandering? Missouri's 2018 Ballot Questions
Midterm elections are just around the corner, but much of Missouri's ballot is covered with pot — and redistricting, ethics rules, a gas tax and a minimum…
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Astros Tie World Series, Beat Dodgers 7-6 In Game 2
The Houston Astros won one of the wildest World Series games ever Wednesday night — to even the series against the LA Dodgers. The game went into extra innings with both teams slugging home runs.
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6 Free (Or Almost Free) Things To Do In Kansas City This Weekend
What is truly free? Lunch? Hardly. Love? In theory.Certainly, a great deal of advice is free, if you don’t count the price to be paid for following the…
Europeans Are Running Late After Clocks Slow Down By Almost 6 Minutes
Europeans seem to be running later than usual recently, it's not their fault — it's the clocks.An electric grid linking 25 European countries, has experienced a shortage of power supply since mid-January. This power supply shortage has caused all the non-quartz electric clocks in Europe to slow down by almost six minutes over the past month and a half.
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Astronaut John Young, Who Flew In Space 6 Times, Dies At 87
One of NASA's most accomplished astronauts died Friday. He flew in space six times, including a moon landing, and later headed the office that chose crews for space shuttle missions.
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Kansas City's KCUR and Philadelphia's WHYY make a public media Super Bowl bet
As the Chiefs push for their third straight Super Bowl title, NPR member stations KCUR in Kansas City and WHYY in Philadelphia both believe our team has what it takes to bring home the Lombardi Trophy. And now, there's barbecue on the line.
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Ruling Allows More Sexual Abuse Lawsuits
By Maria CarterKansas City, MO – Sexual abuse victims applauded a Missouri state Supreme Court ruling yesterday, allowing more victims to sue their…
6-Figure Price Tag Expected For Rare Apple-1 Computer At Auction
The very first Apple computer — an Apple-1 — was really only a circuit board. But for computer geeks and tech-lovers, that board could become a collectors item when it goes up for auction.
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