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Air Date: Thursday, July 19, 2018

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This November, voters will decide whether to deregulate the state's energy market. A new study looks at whether ending NV Energy's monopoly on power is a good thing for the state.

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin Putin suggested to President Trump in their one-on-one meeting in Helsinki on Monday that Trump allow Russian investigators to come to the U.S. to question a former ambassador in exchange for Putin allowing U.S. investigators to travel to Russia to question 12 recently indicted military intelligence officers.

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National Security

Why Did Russia Attack The 2016 Election? This Week's Whirlwind Offers New Clues

Jul 19, 2018

Russian President Vladimir Putin's preoccupation with two individuals he has singled out for blame suggests how strongly the Russian leader viewed his 2016 attack on the U.S. as simple turnabout.

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World

Participants at a global security conference in Moscow in April gather near a big screen showing a Russian warplane unloading its weapons over a target in Syria. Russia became involved in the Syrian civil war in 2015 in support of its ally President Bashar Assad.

Russia Says Agreements Were Discussed With Trump On Syria. The U.S. Is Silent

Jul 19, 2018

The Trump administration has offered no information about supposed "specific" proposals that Russian officials have mentioned publicly.

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National

The house that played the home, at least from the outside, of the Brady family from the sitcom <em>The Brady Bunch</em> is currently for sale in the Los Angeles neighborhood Studio City.

'Brady Bunch' House Is Ready For A New Story

Jul 19, 2018

Does this house look familiar? It appeared during the beginning and ending credits of The Brady Bunch and is now for sale.

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Planet Money

Three Indicators To Keep A (Side)eye On

Jul 19, 2018

Three worrying indicators to keep an eye on — less complicated than the yield curve, but something you can talk about at the water cooler.

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National

The Mount Dora City Council unanimously agreed on Tuesday that homeowners, Nancy Nemhauser and Lubomir Jastrzebski, can keep a mural interpretation of Vincent Van Gogh's <em>The Starry Night</em>, to end the nearly yearlong code-enforcement case.

Florida Couple Settles Legal Battle To Keep 'The Starry Night' House

Jul 19, 2018

The homeowners were fined thousands of dollars by Mount Dora officials for making their two-story house and surrounding wall look like Van Gogh's famous painting. On Tuesday, the mayor apologized.

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Animals

A coalition of groups in Washington, D.C., are attempting to count the cats in the district.

Washington, D.C., Is Counting All Its Cats. It Will Take 3 Years And $1.5 Million

Jul 19, 2018

The nation's capital has a cat problem. And the first step toward fixing it, apparently, is to quantify it.

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National

Explosion At Pa. Army Depot Injures Four

Jul 19, 2018

Officials said the victims suffered burns and three were airlifted to the hospital with serious injuries. Terrorism in not suspected.

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Black Lung Returns To Coal Country

In central Appalachia, the black lung rate for working coal miners with at least 25 years experience underground is the highest it's been in a quarter century.

Black Lung Rate Hits 25-Year High In Appalachian Coal Mining States

Jul 19, 2018

In central Appalachia, one in five working coal miners with at least 25 years experience underground now suffers from the deadly disease black lung, according to a new study.

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Law