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U.S. To Provide Military Support To Opposition In Syria

June 14, 2013 - 4:00am

The Obama administration has decided to send military aid to the rebels in Syria. The decision was announced after the administration said it had concluded, with high confidence, that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons on multiple occasions over the past few months.

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Business News: A Man, A Plan, A Canal

June 14, 2013 - 4:00am

The Nicaraguan congress has granted a Chinese tycoon the exclusive right to develop a multi-billion dollar rival to the Panama Canal. The bill grants the investor 50 years of control over the potential shipping route — pending a study of its viability.

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First Lives Lost In Colorado Wildfire

June 14, 2013 - 4:00am

The Black Forest Fire burning near Colorado Springs is now the state's most destructive fire ever. At least two people have been confirmed killed. That fire also has forced nearly 40,000 people to evacuate. It's consumed more than 300 homes since lightening first ignited it on Monday.

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Voters Cast Ballots In Iran's Presidential Election

June 14, 2013 - 4:00am

Iranians are voting for president Friday. It's the country's first presidential election since the stunning vote in 2009. Renee Montagne talks to Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep, who's in Tehran, as Iranians cast ballots to choose a new president.

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Maine College Students Take On A Bear Of A Study

June 14, 2013 - 4:00am

Some college students in Maine are getting to know the state's bear population. Undergraduates at Unity College are in the woods tranquilizing bears and collaring them so the state can better understand the animals. Jay Field of Maine Public Radio has the story.

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Detroit's Emergency Manager Meets With Creditors

June 14, 2013 - 4:00am

The man with the power to shape Detroit's future sits down with the city's creditors Friday. Emergency manager Kevyn Orr will ask unions, retirees and banks to take big losses on debt the city just can't afford to pay. But Orr is walking a fine line trying to convince those parties to accept a bankruptcy-style settlement, without actually going to bankruptcy court — at least, not yet. Michigan Radio's Sarah Cwiek reports.

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Venezuelan Joggers Find Safety In Numbers

June 14, 2013 - 4:00am

Venezuelans do the oddest things to have normal lives in an abnormally crime-plagued country, like jog in groups of up to 300 to avoid muggers.

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Religious Conservatives Plan How To Dominate Mid-Term Elections

June 14, 2013 - 4:00am

Ralph Reed's Faith and Freedom Coalition kicked off its third annual conference Thursday in Washington D.C. The conclave's stated aim is to grow the conservative vote for next year's mid-term election. But as NPR's David Welna reports, it's also a forum for a constellation of conservative stars, some of them evening the White House.

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The Last Word In Business

June 14, 2013 - 4:00am

Linda Wertheimer and Renee Montagne have the Last Word in business.

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Talks In Turkey May Solve Violence Over Park Construction

June 14, 2013 - 4:00am

A plan to build on a small park in Istanbul's downtown Taksim Square prompted an outpouring of opposition to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. That led to clashes between police and protesters that have killed at least five people and injured hundreds.

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Syrians React To U.S. Providing Military Aid To Rebels

June 14, 2013 - 4:00am

The Obama administration has decided to provide more assistance to the Syrian opposition after officials became confident the Syrian regime was using chemical weapons against rebel forces. Linda Wertheimer talks to NPR's Deborah Amos for reaction to the U.S. decision to provide military aid to the rebels in Syria.

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Supreme Court: Human Genes Can't Be Patented

June 14, 2013 - 4:00am

Thursday's decision by the high court upends 30 years of patent awards granted by the U.S. Patent Office. The ruling also has enormous implications for the future of personalized medicine.

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Business News

June 14, 2013 - 4:00am

Renee Montagne has business news.

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U.S. To Provide Military Support To Opposition In Syria

June 14, 2013 - 4:00am

The Obama administration has decided to send military aid to the rebels in Syria. The decision was announced after the administration said it had concluded, with high confidence, that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons on multiple occasions over the past few months.

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First Lives Lost In Colorado Wildfire

June 14, 2013 - 4:00am

The Black Forest Fire burning near Colorado Springs is now the state's most destructive fire ever. At least two people have been confirmed killed. NPR's Kirk Siegler reports on the situation and firefighting efforts.

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Friction Among Afghans A Threat To Post-U.S. Mission

June 14, 2013 - 3:20am

By this time next year, there will be roughly half as many U.S. troops in Afghanistan as there are today. And for U.S. strategy in the country to work, Afghan security forces will have to hold off the Taliban after the Americans leave. But it's unclear if the Afghans will all stand together.

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Why More People Are Renting Tires

June 14, 2013 - 3:19am

"I understand that I'll probably end up paying a lot," one customer says. "But right now, I need the tires."

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Can Captain Sunshine Save The Israeli Electric Car Dream?

June 14, 2013 - 3:18am

The electric car company Better Place failed to build the dream it had designed. Its bankruptcy left tech-watchers worried about the stain on the country, which is proud of its image as a startup hotbed. But there may be a savior in the wings.

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Zack Snyder, Making Superman Over For Our Era

June 14, 2013 - 2:45am

In Man of Steel, the director behind Watchmen and 300 has had a go at that most quintessentially American superhero. He talks to NPR's Linda Werthheimer about his reverence for the character's mythology — and why he chose to change some of it up.

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A Second Chance For A Father And Foster Son

June 14, 2013 - 2:44am

As a young father, Horace Atwater Jr. grappled with a drug addiction. I "lost everything," he says, including his wife and two sons. Years later, he took in Adrian, who at 14 had already experienced plenty of his own hard times.

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