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Consumers are spending more apparently because they have to. The Commerce Department reports a 0.4% jump last month as people shelled out more money to buy food and fill up their gas tanks. Take[Taking] those two categories out of the mixing, consume

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The Senate has defeated an effort to add a stronger abortion ban to its health care overhaul. NPR's Julie Rovner has more. By a 54-45 vote, Senators who support abortion rights turned back the efforts of those who oppose abortion to include in the bi

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NPR 2012-05-09

No new security procedures are anticipated at US airports as a result of the discovery of an al-Qaeda plot to blow up an airliner. NPRs Craig Windham reports so-called advanced explosive devices are now being examined by FBI experts. The device is sa

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White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan has given the most extensive justification so far for the USs use of unmanned drone strikes against suspected terrorists. The strikes have been controversial because they can even target US citizens w

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Pakistani officials are assuring the US government they'll do everything in their power to help investigate the case of the American accused of parking a car bomb in New York City. Faisal Shahzad became an American citizen last year. He's originally

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: The U.S. Supreme Court is going to hear arguments today in a major First Amendment case that involves abortion. On one side are self-identified crisis pregnancy centers that seek to prevent abortions. And on the other side is the

美国国家公共电台 NPR Clinics That Provide Abortions Anxious After An Uptick In Threats Of Violence

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Doctor: Casual sex harmful to students Casual sex among middle school students may be contributing to growing sterility problems among young women in Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong Prov

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OSAKA, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Japan's antinuclear Tomorrow Party on Friday split into two groups only a month after its inception due to internal conflicts over personnel matters, local press reported. Yukiko Kada, governor of Shiga Prefecture and the f

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10 Worst States To Be a Woman

10 Worst States To Be a Woman State Republicans have introduced nearly 1,000 laws restricting women's reproductive health access. Here are 10 of the worst states to be a woman between puberty and menopause. In a time of war and record unemployment, t

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JANUARY is a busy month in capitals across America. New laws are implemented; Congress and legislatures reconvene, hoping to pass more. If ones political party is in the minority, this is a terrifying prospect. For opponents of abortion, the outlook