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All Tech Considered
Spring Break For Geeks: SXSW Interactive Starts Friday
March 6, 2013 As the tech industry prepares to descend on Austin, the breakout themes and apps of this year's festival remain unclear.
The Two-Way
Yes Mississippi, You Can Home Brew (If Governor Signs New Bill)
March 6, 2013 Mississippi is poised to make it legal for residents to brew their own beer, as its legislature approved a homebrewing bill today. The shift, to take effect on July 1, would leave Alabama as the lone U.S. state that still bans people from brewing beer for their own consumption.
The Salt
Eating Eyeballs: Taboo, Or Tasty?
March 6, 2013 Sit down to eat in Iceland, and you might be served boiled sheep's head, complete with the eye. In some cultures eyeballs are considered a culinary treat, but for most of us they're still in the category of "eww."
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Supreme Court's 'Heavyweight'
March 6, 2013 In a profile of Ginsburg for this week's New Yorker, Jeffrey Toobin describes how the incremental philosophy of litigation that helped her win many precedent-setting women's rights cases as a lawyer is reflected in her career as a Supreme Court justice.
The Two-Way
Valerie Harper, TV's 'Rhoda,' Reveals She Has Terminal Brain Cancer
March 6, 2013 Now 73, the actress tells People magazine that she doesn't think about dying. She thinks about "being here now." Doctors have told her she has about three months to live, Harper says.
The Two-Way
Storm Brings Season's Heaviest Snowfall To Midwest, Mid-Atlantic
March 6, 2013 Winter storm Saturn, which has already left Chicago digging out from 10 inches, is expected to dump more snow on Maryland and Virginia.
A Chicago Bridge Gets A Complicated Overhaul
March 6, 2013 The Wells Street drawbridge carries cars, buses, bikes, pedestrians and elevated trains across the Chicago River. Half of the 91-year-old bridge will be replaced in just nine days. The project is so complex that one Chicago transportation official compares it to open heart surgery.
U.S.
With Adaptive Skiing, Disabled People No Longer Left Out In The Cold
March 6, 2013 KUNMAs the fresh snow falls in New Mexico's ski resorts and mild temperatures welcome visitors into the region, new ski enthusiasts are making their way to the mountain tops. Some ski resorts now offer lessons to people with disabilities, and owners say not only is it a great equalizer, it's also increasing business.
Working Late: Older Americans On The Job
For Midwife, 71, Delivering Babies Never Gets Old
March 6, 2013 Sometimes you can't retire even if you want to. For Dian Sparling, a nurse midwife, there's no one to take over her practice. But at 71, delivering babies on call is harder than it used to be. "It would be horrible if I had to do this and stay up all night and I didn't love what I do," she says.
