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Shots - Health Blog
12:32 pm
Thu August 9, 2012

Gonorrhea Evades Antibiotics, Leaving Only One Drug To Treat Disease

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Health officials say they're worried that one day there will be no more antibiotics left to treat gonorrhea.

Originally published on Fri August 10, 2012 8:02 am

There's some disturbing news out today about a disease we don't hear about much these days: gonorrhea. Federal health officials announced that the sexually transmitted infection is getting dangerously close to being untreatable.

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The Torch
11:50 am
Thu August 9, 2012

Women's Olympic Soccer Final: U.S. vs. Japan, For Gold

Originally published on Fri August 10, 2012 8:08 am

In Olympic women's soccer, the U.S. team has beaten Japan, 2-1, in the gold medal match at London's Wembley Stadium, a game that set a new attendance record with more than 80,000 spectators. Carli Lloyd scored both of the American goals, while U.S. stars Alex Morgan and Abby Wambach weren't able to finish their chances. But they were very active, and both players kept the Japanese defenders occupied around the goal.

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Planet Money
9:45 am
Thu August 9, 2012

The Marijuana Trade In The Euro's Birthplace

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Marijuana in Maastricht

Originally published on Mon August 13, 2012 7:26 am

Zoe Chace and Robert Smith are reporting from European borders this week. This is the second story in a four-part series.

Maastricht, a town in the Netherlands, is known largely for two things.

  1. The treaty that created the euro was signed there.
  2. Marijuana is legal there, and it's sold at "coffee shops" around town.

This is the story of the troubled relationship between those two claims to fame.

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Business
3:15 pm
Wed August 8, 2012

Tax Evaders Beware! Money's Getting Harder To Hide

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The U.S. government has been working for years to crack down on Americans dodging taxes overseas. In 2009, under intense pressure, the Swiss bank UBS released the names of its American customers.

Originally published on Thu August 9, 2012 12:51 pm

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has acknowledged that he had money in a Swiss bank account until 2010. Romney says he wasn't trying to hide the money, since he reported the account to the government.

Even so, he closed the account at a time when the federal government was in the middle of a major crackdown on offshore tax havens — a crackdown that has made it harder for Americans to hide their money overseas.

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It's All Politics
3:15 pm
Wed August 8, 2012

In Brawl Over Romney's Tax Returns, Harry Reid Gets Marquee Billing

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. speaks to the media at the Capitol in March.

Originally published on Wed August 8, 2012 3:57 pm

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's decision not to release more of his past tax returns has fueled countless attacks and counterattacks.

The former Massachusetts governor has released his 2010 tax return and promises that his 2011 return is forthcoming. He says that's enough.

But that's not enough for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. The result is an increasingly ugly fight.

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Asia
2:42 pm
Wed August 8, 2012

Murder Trial Of Chinese Politician's Wife Set To Start

Originally published on Wed August 8, 2012 4:35 pm

One of China's biggest criminal trials opens Thursday, and its lurid details make for a sort-of Communist Party film noir. The wife of an ambitious Chinese politician is accused of murdering a British businessman. Her powerful husband allegedly blocks the police investigation, and the police chief, fearing for his life, takes refuge in a U.S. consulate and implicates the wife in the killing.

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Religion
2:06 pm
Wed August 8, 2012

The Most Influential Evangelist You've Never Heard Of

Originally published on Thu August 9, 2012 5:14 pm

David Barton says Americans have been misled about their history. And he aims to change that.

"It's what I would call historical reclamation," Barton explains, in his soft but rapid-fire voice. "We're just trying to get history back to where it's accurate. If you're going to use history, get it right."

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The Record
2:06 pm
Wed August 8, 2012

Laughing To Keep From Crying: A Comic Novel About Copyright Law

Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 4:21 pm

The Two-Way
1:45 pm
Wed August 8, 2012

Researcher: Temple Gunman Said Military Experience Drove Him To Hate

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Wade Michael Page, in a photo released by police.

Originally published on Wed August 8, 2012 3:15 pm

Pete Simi says that when he heard it was Wade Michael Page who police said killed six people at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin on Sunday, he felt "sick to my stomach."

Simi, a professor of criminology at the University of Nebraska, Omaha, and co-author of American Swastika, realized that he had talked to Page at length during his research on the white power movement in the United States.

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Music Reviews
1:34 pm
Wed August 8, 2012

Lianne La Havas: A Cool Antidote For Late Summer's Heat

Originally published on Mon November 5, 2012 6:24 am

It's gotten to that point in the dog days of August where the air is stale and nothing seems to be moving. But sometimes all it takes to snap me out of a late-summer heat coma is the sound of a new and electrifying voice — like that of Lianne La Havas.

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