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The Salt
Thanks to ethylene, one bad apple spoils the lot.

Science Reveals How Fruit Keeps A Lid On Ripening Until The Time Is Right

Sep 24, 2018
Humans have harnessed the ripening power of the plant hormone ethylene for centuries, but a recent discovery of how a plant controls the hormone may lead to more precise human control of ripening.
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Asia
Aldi Novel Adilang, center, in white T-shirt, was reunited with his family in Indonesia in early September, after traveling from Osaka, Japan, to Tokyo and onward to Jakarta.

19-Year-Old Survives 49 Days At Sea, After Floating Hut Drifts To Guam

Sep 24, 2018
After he ran out of cooking gas, Aldi Novel Adilang started using wood from his craft to cook fish. He drifted from Indonesia to waters around Guam.
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Goats and Soda
Pit toilets located outside of Utjane Primary School in Limpopo province. The government of South Africa has vowed to do away with all pit latrines.

The Unending Tragedy Of A 5-Year-Old Who Drowned In A Pit Latrine

Sep 24, 2018
It was a school toilet in South Africa. The boy's death in 2014 sparked a national outrage. The debate about potentially dangerous toilets is still simmering today.
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Newscast headlines

Freshman Murray Sparks Arkansas St Comeback Over UNLV, 27-20

Sep 24, 2018
JONESBORO, Ark.
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Blasting Begins On State Route 160 Project

Sep 24, 2018

Nevada Department of Transportation crews begin blasting Monday in the mountain pass along highway 160, which connects Las Vegas to Pahrump. 

The roadwork is part of a nearly two-year-long road-widening project.

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Volunteers Working To Remove 747 Airplane From Burning Man Playa

Sep 24, 2018

The story of the 747 at Burning Man is still going on. 

Volunteers are working to get that partially-reassembled airplane, which was on display during the festival, out of the Black Rock Desert. 

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Media
Berkeley, Calif.-based digital radio company Pandora is being purchased by satellite radio giant SiriusXM, the companies announced Monday. The deal is expected to close in early 2019.

SiriusXM To Buy Internet Radio Pioneer Pandora In $3.5 Billion Deal

Sep 24, 2018
The deal for the satellite radio giant to take over Pandora is expected to close in the first quarter of 2019. Last year, SiriusXM invested $480 million in Pandora.
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Newscast headlines

Barrick Gold Buying One Of Its Largest Rivals

Sep 24, 2018

Barrick Gold is buying one of its largest rivals, Randgold Resources, in a deal which would create the world's biggest gold mining company, with a value of about $18 billion dollars. 

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Newscast headlines

Zion National Park Reopens Flood-Damaged Angels Landing

Sep 24, 2018

 

ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Zion National Park has reopened the trail to one of its most popular hiking destinations for the first time since flood waters ravaged the southwestern Utah canyon in July.

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Henderson Police Shoot, Kill Armed Robbery Suspect

Sep 24, 2018

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Henderson police shot and killed an armed robbery suspect who tried to flee a traffic stop on the Boulder Highway southeast of Las Vegas.

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Missing Woman Sought In Search Near Mt. Rose Ski Resort

Sep 24, 2018

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Washoe County sheriff's deputies have resumed a search for a missing Reno woman whose car was found on a highway a few miles from the Mount Rose ski resort

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Michelle Obama Urges Nevadans To Register, Vote

Sep 24, 2018

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former first lady Michelle Obama is urging Nevadans to register to vote and to cast ballots this fall, warning them that if they sit out the November midterm election, "democracy continues with or without you."

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Sports

After 4 Back Surgeries, Tiger Woods Wins His First Golf Tournament

Sep 24, 2018
After years marred by injury and scandal, golfer Tiger Woods won his first victory since 2013 at the Tour Championship in Atlanta over the weekend. It's his 80th PGA career victory.
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Politics

FBI Should Assess Allegations Against Kavanaugh, Sen. Coon Says

Sep 24, 2018
Rachel Martin talks to Senate Judiciary Committee member Chris Coons, Democrat of Delaware, ahead of Thursday's hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who's accused of sexual misconduct.
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National
TV journalist Neha Mahajan could lose her work permit if the Trump administration ends a special program for the spouses of H1B guest workers.

High-Skilled Immigrants Call Out The Trump Administration's 'Hypocrisy'

Sep 24, 2018
The White House says it wants an immigration system that prioritizes high-skilled workers. But critics say the administration is making it harder for those immigrants to live and work here.
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Asia

Stepped Up Security Seems To Calm Violence In Karachi

Sep 24, 2018
Sunni militants have often attacked the yearly religious processions of Pakistan's Shiite minority as they mourn the seventh-century slaying of the prophet Mohammed's grandson.
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National

Lawyers To Present Defense For Officer Accused Of Killing Black Teenager

Sep 24, 2018
Attorneys for a white Chicago police officer on trial for murder will likely begin presenting his side Monday. Jason Van Dyke fired 16 shots at Laquan McDonald in 2014.
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Politics

'New Yorker' Publishes Another Sexual Misconduct Allegation Against Kavanaugh

Sep 24, 2018
Rachel Martin talks to Jane Mayer, who along with Ronan Farrow, published in The New Yorker new sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
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Interviews

Ex-State Department Diplomat Criticizes Trump's State Department

Sep 24, 2018
Steve Inskeep talks to former diplomat Uzra Zeya about what she sees as declining diversity at the State Department. She worked there for 27 years but walked away from her job in the spring.
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Analysis

Rosenstein Report Further Strains Relations Between White House And DOJ

Sep 24, 2018
Steve Inskeep talked to ex-Justice Department official David Laufman about Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and The New York Times report that Rosenstein suggested secretly recording Trump.
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Politics

Canadian Politician Keeps Running For Office Despite Always Losing

Sep 24, 2018
Guinness World Records recognizes John Turmel as Canada's most defeated politician. He's tried for office more than 90 times — losing each time. Now he's running for mayor where he lives.
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Europe

In Italy, Venice Officials Are Dealing With Too Many Tourists

Sep 24, 2018
There are so many tourists in the city at any given time that they've had to pass some strident laws. A recent proposal would ban people from sitting in an undesignated spot or pay a nearly $600 fine.
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Education
Zoe Pringle (left), a former student of Krista Holland's, listens as Holland speaks with her mother, Delichia, and brother, Tyshawn.

When Florence Hit Her School Community, This Principal Stepped Up

Sep 24, 2018
Many of Krista Holland's students have been away from home and out of school for more than week. She says, "The lack of a sense of normalcy for the kids, I think that's where my heart aches the most."
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World
India's Abhilash Tomy gestures on his boat Thuriya as he sets off from Les Sables d'Olonne Harbour on July 1 at the start of the solo around-the-world "Golden Globe Race" ocean race in which sailors compete without high technology aides such as GPS or co

Sailor Rescued At Sea After Dismasting During Round-The-World Race

Sep 24, 2018
Abhilash Tomy, an Indian navy commander participating in the arduous non-stop, unassisted race, called for help on Friday after his boat was rolled in an Indian Ocean storm.
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Music Features
Jeremy Dutcher, photographed at the conclusion of his performance during the 2018 Polaris Prize ceremony on Sep. 17, 2018, where he was given the evening's top prize.

Jeremy Dutcher, The Newest Light In Canada's Indigenous Renaissance

Sep 24, 2018
Dutcher spent five years researching, writing and recording his brilliant and ambitious debut album, Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa -- now, it has earned one of Canada's most prestigious prizes.

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