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His Pancakes Look Too Good To Eat

By editor • Jul 6, 2017

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'Wayne's World' Anniversary Brings Out The Headbangers

By editor • Jul 6, 2017

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Good morning, I'm Mary Louise Kelly. And never let it be said that Aurora, Ill., doesn't throw good party. They celebrated the 25th anniversary of "Wayne's World" by breaking the Guinness World Record for head-banging.

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Morning News Brief: Trump In Poland, Final Battles For Mosul, Venezuela Violence

By • Jul 6, 2017

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President Trump is praising Poland as a staunch U.S. ally.

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Something New For Baby To Chew On: Rocket Science And Quantum Physics

By • Jul 6, 2017

When Kelly Barrales-Saylor was a new mom, she got a lot of children's books as gifts. Most were simple books about shapes, colors and letters. There were none about science — or math.

"My editorial brain lit up and said there must be a need for this," says Barrales-Saylor, who works as an editor for a publishing company outside Chicago.

Halfway across the world, Chris Ferrie was similarly unsatisfied.

When reading to his kids, Ferrie noticed that most books used animals to introduce new words. In today's world, that just didn't make sense to him.

Looking At U.S.-German Relations Ahead Of G-20 Summit

By editor • Jul 6, 2017

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Violence On Pace To Reach Record Highs In Mexico

By • Jul 6, 2017

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Thousands Turn Out For March For Justice In Turkey

By • Jul 5, 2017

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U.S. Diplomatic Corps Is Being Hollowed Out, Bergmann says

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Defending Champ Joey Chestnut Breaks Hot Dog Eating Record

By editor • Jul 5, 2017

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Irish Prime Minister's Socks Matched To Diplomatic Guest

By editor • Jul 5, 2017

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Commercial Real Estate Demand Softens, Investors Fret Trump Tax Cuts Won't Pass

By • Jul 5, 2017

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Miami's Marlins Park Will Host Baseball's 2017 All-Star Game Next Week

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North Korea Launched ICBM, Secretary Of State Tillerson Says

By editor • Jul 5, 2017

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Set Designer Uses Broadway Experience To Design Times Square Restaurant

By • Jul 5, 2017

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Construction workers in Times Square are hustling to finish a restaurant set to open later this summer.

EMERSON MERECA: Cut me a four-by-four of PVC rod.

In Iraq, Fight To Retake Mosul From ISIS Appears To Be In Its Final Stages

By editor • Jul 5, 2017

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Why Isn't The Housing Market Booming The Way Experts Expected?

By • Jul 4, 2017

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Two things we know - interest rates are low; consumer confidence is high, which means the housing market should be hot. But it is not. It's just OK.

NPR's Chris Arnold has been asking, why?

Dozens Of States Reject Trump Administration Voter Initiative

By • Jul 4, 2017

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101-Year-Old Woman Sets Track Record In Her Age Group

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Makers Of Self-Driving Cars Need Programs To Dodge Animals

By editor • Jul 4, 2017

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For Job Retraining Programs To Work, People Need To Show Up

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Liberation Day: What July 4 Means To Rwanda

By editor • Jul 4, 2017

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News Brief: North Korea Launches Missile; States Won't Supply Voter Data

By editor • Jul 4, 2017

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Here is North Korea's version of events in the past day. The country says its great leader, Kim Jong Un, sent a handwritten letter ordering the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile which North Korea says was successful.

Does Trump's Behavior On Twitter Amount To Cyberbullying?

By editor • Jul 4, 2017

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What's It Like To Be A Historian At This Political Time? 'Every Day Is Christmas'

By editor • Jul 4, 2017

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And I'm Steve Inskeep with the history of our time. At this unsettled and for many unsettling moment in history, we've been asking for a road map.

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Trump Bucks Trend, Will Visit Poland Before Germany, France Or U.K.

By editor • Jul 4, 2017

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California's Near-Record Snowpack Is Melting Into Raging Rivers

By • Jul 3, 2017

Two years ago, near the end of California's devastating drought, Tom Moore stood on the banks of the depleted Kern River in Southern California and looked out at the slow-moving waters dejectedly.

"We call that a creek," he said of the mighty Kern.

Moore is the owner of Sierra South, a whitewater recreation company in Kernville, Calif. And with the drought, there wasn't much in the way of whitewater.

Oh, how things change.

Qatar Given More Time To Meet Demands Of Arab Neighbors

By editor • Jul 3, 2017

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Would-Be Robber Has Second Thoughts, Apologizes To Clerk

By editor • Jul 3, 2017

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Low Tire Pressure Leads To A Lucky Lottery Win

By editor • Jul 3, 2017

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In Some Places, Germany's Bike Autobahn Is Faster Than The Car Version

By • Jul 3, 2017

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