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  • Trenton Mayor Arrested On Corruption Charges
    Trenton, N.J., Mayor Tony Mack has been arrested on corruption charges after a two year FBI sting operation. Prosecutors say the mayor, his brother and a top political supporter conspired to obstruct justice in connection with a parking garage project in the New Jersey state capital.
  • The NSA used a program codenamed Dishfire to collect text messages worldwide that were then used to extract location and financial data, according to <em>The Guardian</em>. Here, women use their cellphones in Los Angeles earlier this month.
    NSA Reportedly Collected Millions Of Phone Texts Every Day
    A presentation slide cited by The Guardian is subtitled "SMS Text Messages: A Goldmine to Exploit." The top secret Dishfire text-collection program was reportedly both global and arbitrary.
  • Boom: Amazing Soccer Goal Comes On Game's First Play
    The ball soared through the night air and over the head of the goalie, who had been caught out near the top of the penalty area.
  • Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich waves after addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference annual meeting in National Harbor, Md., on March 8.
    Gingrich 2012 Campaign Still Owes $4.7 Million
    Topping the list of the former GOP presidential candidate's creditors is an air charter company called Moby Dick Airways. The second biggest creditor? Newt Gingrich himself.
  • Pay up, or the bird gets it. (A hoatzin perches on a branch in Yasuni National Park.)
    'Give Me The Money Or I'll Shoot The Trees'
    A pristine rainforest in Ecuador sits on top of the equivalent of millions of barrels of oil. Ecuador has offered a deal to the rich countries of the world: Pay us billions of dollars, and we'll leave the rainforest untouched.
  • Airport employees, Uber and Lyft drivers, and other workers protest for a $15 minimum wage at Los Angeles International Airport in October. Increases in minimum wages contributed to bigger pay gains for lower-income workers.
    Minimum Wage Hikes Fuel Higher Pay Growth For Those At The Bottom
    Wages rose faster for low-income workers than for any other group in 2019. The gains are partly explained by the tight labor market. But increases in minimum wages also contributed to the gains.
  • A closer look at what's included in the spending that Republicans want to eliminate
    NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Marc Goldwein, a policy official at the Center for a Responsible Federal Budget, to parse out the reality versus the rancor in the government budget battle.
  • Trump sidestepped some questions in town hall with Latino voters
    Former President Donald Trump faced some tough questioning from Latino voters Wednesday night. He largely sidestepped those questions in his answers and instead stuck to his broader campaign themes.
  • Tammy Boudreaux (right) with her partner, Laura Perez. Boudreaux is weighing the cost and benefits of purchasing health insurance.
    A Texas Social Worker Weighs Her Insurance Options
    Going without insurance would be a gamble. But the high deductibles of Affordable Care Act plans make them a hard sell for Tammy Boudreaux. If her health holds up, she could skip insurance, pay a penalty and still save a couple of hundred dollars a month.
  • Marion Cunningham's 'Lost Recipes'
    Fewer Americans are sitting down to the traditional home-cooked dinner these days, and that has renowned cookbook author Marion Cunningham worried. With her latest book, Lost Recipes: Meals to Share with Friends and Family, Cunningham offers simple recipes in hopes of luring more of us back to the kitchen. Read recipes for garlic-crumb-stuffed artichokes and Bess Truman's Ozark pudding.
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