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Even Retired Comedians Can’t Resist A Few Good Trump Jokes
David Letterman popped up Friday to make a few cracks about the brashest, most famously follicled candidate for the 2016 Republican Party presidential nomination. » E-Mail This …read more Via:
Maker Creates A 3D-Printed “Poison Dart Gun”
By John Biggs Maker Peter Alaric DeSimone has created a 3D-printed dart pistol that shoots 40mm blowgun darts using a piston system. The entire gun takes about eight hours to
Needs Of Retirees Take A Smaller Center Stage At White House Forum
By Ina Jaffe In the past, the White House’s once-a-decade summit on aging was a multi-day event attended by thousands, but this time there was no funding. So it’s a
School-Lunch Program Provides Unexpected Benefits For Rural Indian Women
By Rhituparna Chatterjee A simple job as a cook at a school can help women in Northern India make big changes in their lives — including escaping domestic violence. For
Never-Ending Bank Holiday Has Strained Nerves In Greece
By Joanna Kakissis As European leaders announced a deal to address the Greek financial crisis, it’s not clear when the country’s banks will reopen — or when they will have
‘We’re Losing 43,000 People Each Year’: DEA Chief Focuses On Overdoses
The acting head of the Drug Enforcement Administration says he was shocked by how many people die every day from opiate overdoses. Chuck Rosenberg gives NPR his first interview since
A Do-Not-Fly List For The Do-Not-Tan Crowd
A Scottish girl’s natural pallor nearly kept her family from an overseas trip when airline workers declared her too sickly-looking to fly. » E-Mail This …read more Via: http://www.npr.org/2015/07/13/422490112/a-do-not-fly-list-for-the-do-not-tan-crowd?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=world
Bosnians Remember When Their City Became ‘One Big Concentration Camp’
By Emerald O’Brien It has been 20 years since the massacre at Srebrenica, Bosnia, when some 8,000 Bosnian men and boys died or went missing. Bosnian-Americans now living in Missouri
Clinton, Walker, Trump And The Accelerating Ride To 2016
NPR’s Cokie Roberts previews Hillary Clinton’s speech on the economy and Scott Walker’s official announcement that he’s running for president. » E-Mail This …read more Via: http://www.npr.org/2015/07/13/422490098/clinton-walker-trump-and-the-accelerating-ride-to-2016?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=politics
Egypt Mourns Omar Sharif, Its Homegrown Cinema Star
By Leila Fadel The international film star, best known for Doctor Zhivago and Lawrence Of Arabia, represented a bygone era for many secular Egyptians — though not many could get
