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Cities In California Conserved A Lot Of Water In May
By Lucy Perkins Felicia Marcus of the State Water Board said, “We need all Californians to step up — and keep it up — as if we don’t know when
Penguins acquire Phil Kessel from Maple Leafs in major trade (Yahoo Sports)
Phil Kessel spent six years in Toronto trying to lift the Maple Leafs out of the churn of mediocrity. All the goals – 181 of them while wearing a leaf
Puerto Rico Says With Restructuring It Can Pay Off Debts
NPR’s Rachel Martin speaks with Luis Vega Ramos, representative of Puerto Rico, about the commonwealth’s debt deadline Wednesday. The governor says the island’s $73 billion debt is unpayable. » E-Mail
Beet Looks To Record The Feature Film Of Your Life
By Lucas Matney We seem to have been residing in a second age of social media usage, a technological era of willful impermanence birthed from a post-Snowden culture that fears
At hot-for-Wimbledon, Venus Williams nears Serena showdown (Yahoo Sports)
Venus Williams is no longer the player she once was, on account of the passage of time and the day-to-day ups and downs of an energy-sapping condition. At age 35,
Love, Laughter & Litigation at First Church of Cannabis
By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz by Abdul-Hakim Shabazz I spent the day at the inaugural service of the First Church of Cannabis. Here are my thoughts. I’ve also embedded audio of “High
Senators Call For VA To Explain Why It Couldn’t Find Mustard-Gassed Veterans
By Caitlin Dickerson A dozen senators have also called on the Veterans Administration to say why some of the WWII-era troops who were found by an NPR Investigation were denied
How Mississippi Defaulted On $7 Million Worth Of Bonds In 1841
NPR’s Robert Siegel speaks with Clifford Thies, a professor of economics and finance at Shenandoah University, about Mississippi’s unpaid bonds from the 1840s and collecting on old state-owed debt. »
Greece Moves Forward With Referendum On Proposed Bailout
By Joanna Kakissis The Greek government’s latest attempt to reopen talks with the EU seems to have fallen on deaf ears, while Greeks seem even more confused about what they
As The NBA’s Free Agency Period Begins, LeBron James Has All The Power
NPR’s Rachel Martin talks to sportswriter Bob Ryan about the start of NBA free agency Wednesday, and the man with the most power in the NBA — LeBron James. »
