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  • The Humiliations Of Motherhood
    Is periodic humiliation an inevitable feature of motherhood? Is it something to embrace or endure? Commentator Tania Lombrozo shares some thoughts and experiences.
  • Piper Kerman at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota.
    Piper Kerman: Recipes For Survival
    The Orange Is The New Black author says that cooking behind bars allowed her to bond with fellow inmates, and points out where her experiences, and those depicted in the hit Netflix series, differ.
  • Democrat Terry McAuliffe, who won a close election Tuesday to become Virginia's next governor, hugged wife Dorothy at the campaign's victory celebration in Tysons Corner, Va.
    Your Election News In Five Headlines
    Democrat Terry McAuliffe wins a squeaker in Virginia. Republican Chris Christie enjoys a laugher in New Jersey. A "big business" Republican defeats a Tea Party challenger in Alabama. Those are among Tuesday's highlights.
  • The National Security Agency campus in Fort Meade, Md.
    Intelligence Panel Recommends Limits On NSA Surveillance
    A panel appointed by President Obama to review U.S. surveillance activities has recommended that the NSA not be allowed to store Americans' phone records.
  • Pop Culture Happy Hour: Breakup Culture And Fall Television Predictions
    On this week's show, we jump into fall television and make some doomed predictions, and then we roll around in the agony of great breakup songs and scenes.
  • Traders work in the bond pit at the Chicago Board of Trade in 1995. In recent decades, much of the trading has left the pits and gone electronic.
    Chicago Pits Quieter, But Traders' Outcries Linger
    Thirty years ago, shouting, sweating traders thronged the trading pits of Chicago's exchange markets in barely controlled chaos. Today, a lot of the trading has left the pits and gone electronic, leaving Chicago's trading pits tamer places.
  • Lawmakers Work To Finish Deal On Student Loan Rates
    A bipartisan group of senators announced a deal Thursday to protect college students from an interest rate hike on federal student loans. Those rates doubled on July 1.
  • Senate Passes Student Loan Legislation To Lower Interest Rates
    After much drama, the Senate finally voted on a student loan bill that would tie the borrower's rate to the 10-year Treasury note on Wednesday. The proposal is a bipartisan compromise and similar both to a House plan and one offered by President Obama.
  • Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday that a fall in the unemployment rate would not automatically trigger a rise in interest rates. He spoke to the media after the central bank issued a policy update.
    Fed Leaves Interest Rates And Bond Purchase Plan Untouched
    The Federal Reserve will continue its program of purchasing $85 billion in securities and will leave the target interest rate for federal funds untouched to support the U.S. economy, the U.S. central bank said in a policy update issued Wednesday afternoon.
  • Rain Pounds Missouri Town, Floods Rivers
    In Missouri, several communities have been ravaged by flooding. Among the hardest hit has been Waynesville. The town of about 5,000 people has been hit by rain storms — including some 7 inches on Tuesday, and another 6 inches Wednesday. Nearby rivers and creeks have overflowed.
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