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The Two-Way
9:56 am
Mon May 20, 2013

VIDEO: Look Inside A Grizzly Bear's Mouth

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That's a grizzly bear about to try to swallow a camera.
The Two-Way
9:35 am
Mon May 20, 2013

Deborah Turness, Of British ITV, Will Be President Of NBC News

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Deborah Turness.

NBC announced Monday that Deborah Turness, the former editor of the British ITV News, will become president of NBC News beginning in August.

Turness, the network said, becomes the first woman to head the news division of one of the Big Three television networks in the United States.

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The Salt
9:01 am
Mon May 20, 2013

Can A Piece of Hair Reveal How Much Coke Or Pepsi You Drink?

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Carbon isotope analysis: a scientific way to know just how much soda kids are drinking behind parents' backs?

Originally published on Mon May 20, 2013 10:00 am

One way to know how much soda people drink is to ask them.

The problem? We tend to underestimate, lie or forget what we've consumed.

And this is a challenge for researchers who study the links between sugar-sweetened beverages and obesity.

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The Two-Way
9:00 am
Mon May 20, 2013

Immigration Officers' Union Will Oppose Senate Bill

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U.S. Office of Air and Marine pilot Jake Dreher guards the border along the Rio Grande River in Mission, Texas.

The union that represents 12,000 officers who process immigration applications said they will oppose a bipartisan bill that seeks to overhaul the nation's immigration policies.

As Fox News reports, The National CIS Council is the second union to oppose the bill being discussed in Congress. The National ICE Council, which represents Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, has expressed its opposition to the bill for a while now.

Fox reports:

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The Two-Way
8:59 am
Mon May 20, 2013

Supreme Court Takes Case On Prayer At Government Meetings

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The Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., earlier this year.

Originally published on Mon May 20, 2013 9:00 am

A challenge to the way a western New York State town board has had prayers read before its public meetings has made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The justices announced Monday morning that they will hear oral arguments in the case of Greece, N.Y. v. Galloway, Susan.

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The Two-Way
6:08 am
Mon May 20, 2013

FBI Agents Killed In Training Accident Worked In Elite Unit

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Members of the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team during a training exercise in Quantico, Va. Two FBI agents who were part of the unit died Friday during a training exercise offshore near Virginia Beach, Va.
Law
5:59 am
Mon May 20, 2013

Court Case Winds Down In New York's Stop-And-Frisk Challenge

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Protesters participate in a rally near the federal courthouse March 18 in New York. Lawyers for four men who say they were illegally stopped said many of the 5 million people stopped, questioned and sometimes frisked by police in the past decade were wrongly targeted because of their race.

Originally published on Mon May 20, 2013 8:11 am

Closing arguments are set to take place Monday in the federal class action trial involving New York City's stop-and-frisk policy. The trial has been going on for two months in Manhattan.

Plaintiffs in Floyd v. City of New York claim the New York Police Department, its supervisors and its union pressured police officers to stop, question and frisk hundreds of thousands of people each year, even establishing quotas. They argue that 88 percent of the stops involved blacks and Hispanics, mostly men, and were in fact a form of racial profiling.

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Europe
5:00 am
Mon May 20, 2013

Germany May Have Paid A Price For Its Financial Power

Germans had to finance bailouts for countries like Greece, and imposed austerity measures in return. Those who disapprove may have struck back. People across the continent and beyond watched the Eurovision song contest. The German entry finished near the bottom, with countries giving the Germans no points at all

Around the Nation
4:55 am
Mon May 20, 2013

Right Lottery Numbers, Wrong Date

A California woman turned on the TV last week and saw she had the winning numbers in Wednesday's drawing. She thought she had won $360 million. It turns out she bought her ticket an hour after Wednesday's drawing.

The Two-Way
4:52 am
Mon May 20, 2013

Nation's Midsection Braces For More Severe Storms

Originally published on Mon May 20, 2013 9:14 am

There's no relief today for folks in the nation's midsection.

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Around the Nation
2:56 am
Mon May 20, 2013

Seeds Are An Economical Choice For Vegetable Gardeners

Originally published on Mon May 20, 2013 3:20 pm

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DAVID GREENE, HOST:

It's planting season, at least for those growing things like summer squash, beans and cherry tomatoes. And we're seeing a change. Rather than buy already developed seedlings, which are more expensive, many gardeners are buying seed packets. It's a sign they want to start their gardens from scratch. And seed companies say they've seen an increase in orders since the economic downturn.

Reporter Sasa Woodruff reports that it's easy to read the directions on these seed envelopes, the hard part is following them.

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