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Air Date: Thursday, August 16, 2018

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Makers of a traditional agave distillate in northern Mexico are trying to take their product to the international market. But they face a struggle between modernization and maintaining artisanal production.

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Hundreds Of Newspapers Denounce Trump's Attacks On Media In Coordinated Editorials

Aug 16, 2018

Staff members of the editorial page at The Boston Globe coordinated a campaign for hundreds of papers to simultaneously publish opinion pieces defending the role of the free press.

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An antenna tower is seen at the Orchard Plaza apartment building in Austin in 2014, the year the FCC imposed a penalty on the building's owners for operating a pirate radio station.

U.S. Sues Operators Of Pirate Texas Station Known As 'Alex Jones Radio'

Aug 16, 2018

The operators told the FCC they didn't recognize its right to regulate them. They were hit with a $15,000 penalty "for willful and repeated violation" of laws. Now the FCC has brought in the DOJ.

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Former CIA director John Brennan arrives at a May 2018 Senate hearing. President Trump revoked Brennan's security clearance Wednesday, claiming Brennan was acting "erratic."

Revocation Of Ex-CIA Director's Clearance Draws Mixed Reaction From Congress

Aug 16, 2018

One Republican senator described President Trump's decision as "very much like a banana republic kind of thing," but many other Republicans supported the move.

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In this February 1999 photo, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (left) is seen receiving Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the Wagah border near Lahore, Pakistan.

Former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Dies

Aug 16, 2018

Vajpayee served as premier three times. He was a poet and nature lover who tested nuclear bombs. He sparked an arms race with Pakistan, but later launched peace talks and a cross-border bus service.

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This undated photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office shows Omar Ameen, who had been living in California as a refugee and was arrested Wednesday on a warrant alleging he killed an Iraqi policeman while fighting for the Islamic State.

Iraqi Refugee In U.S. Accused Of Committing Murder For ISIS

Aug 16, 2018

Federal prosecutors say Omar Ameen lied about his terrorism ties to enter the U.S. as a refugee. He is wanted in Iraq over the killing of a police officer in 2014.

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