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Genetic Tweaks Are Restoring Hearing In Animals, Raising Hopes For People

The latest accomplishment for gene therapy involves mice with inherited deafness. Meanwhile, the drugmaker Novartis is conducting the first trial of gene therapy for people with hearing loss.

Greece's Tsipras Tells EU Leaders He Wants 'Socially Just' Solution To Crisis

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Greeks Brace For Shortages At Home, Await Word On Fate From Abroad

People lined up on Wednesday to withdraw cash from a bank machine in central Athens. Banks remain shut this week and ATM withdrawals are limited to 60 euros (about $66) a day. Emilio Morenatti/AP hide caption

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Greeks Brace For Shortages At Home, Await Word On Fate From Abroad

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Greeks Brace For Shortages At Home, Await Word On Fate From Abroad

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Politics

Russia Vetoes U.N. Proposal To Call Srebrenica 'Genocide'

by Michele Kelemen

Russia Vetoes U.N. Proposal To Call Srebrenica 'Genocide'

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National

South Carolina House Debates Removing Battle Flag From Capitol Grounds

by Tom Bullock

South Carolina House Debates Removing Battle Flag From Capitol Grounds

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Ethiopino Jungle by Night

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Sesame Street Pelican City

Latin America

Lead Prosecutor Brings Gandhi-Like Attitude To Brazil's Corruption Scandal

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Lead Prosecutor Brings Gandhi-Like Attitude To Brazil's Corruption Scandal

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Shots - Health News

Genetic Tweaks Are Restoring Hearing In Animals, Raising Hopes For People

by Jon Hamilton

Genetic Tweaks Are Restoring Hearing In Animals, Raising Hopes For People

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Company B-Boy Backini

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The Spin Greg Haines

National

Body Cameras Shed New Light On Skid Row Killing Of Homeless Man

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Scientists Discover One Of The Oldest Horned Dinosaurs

Life reconstruction of Wendiceratops pinhorn. Danielle Dufault/PLOS ONE hide caption

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Science

Scientists Discover One Of The Oldest Horned Dinosaurs

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Scientists Discover One Of The Oldest Horned Dinosaurs

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The Way of the Dodo

Technology

Microsoft Cuts 7,800 Jobs In Its Ailing Smartphone Business

by Aarti Shahani

Microsoft Cuts 7,800 Jobs In Its Ailing Smartphone Business

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Can Subway Freshen Up Its Image After Jared?

For 15 years, Jared Fogle has been the famous face of Subway. Here, Fogle (left) visits a Subway shop in Daytona Beach, Fla., with NASCAR driver Carl Edwards in 2012. Brian Blanco/AP hide caption

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The Salt

Can Subway Freshen Up Its Image After Jared?

by Allison Aubrey

Can Subway Freshen Up Its Image After Jared?

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Intermezzo #3 Mumbles

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Glaciers of Ice Wu-Tang Clan

Above The Law, A Militia Threatens To Push Burundi To The Brink

Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza walks with military officials during the country's Independence Day on Wednesday. Despite criticism at home and abroad, the president is defying a two-term limit and running for a third term in an election set for the middle of July. Berthier Mugiraneza/AP hide caption

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Above The Law, A Militia Threatens To Push Burundi To The Brink

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Above The Law, A Militia Threatens To Push Burundi To The Brink

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To Survive, The Greeting Card Industry Will Have To Get Creative

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Business

To Survive, The Greeting Card Industry Will Have To Get Creative

by Frank Morris

To Survive, The Greeting Card Industry Will Have To Get Creative

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Black Sheep Yonder Mountain String Band

Economy

NYSE Halts Trading After Computer System Issues

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NYSE Halts Trading After Computer System Issues

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Asia

China's Economic Downturn Needs To Happen To Boost Consumption

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Education

Campuses Consider Following New York's Lead On 'Yes Means Yes' Policy

by Tovia Smith

Campuses Consider Following New York's Lead On 'Yes Means Yes' Policy

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There Were Times Matt Pond PA

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Stormy Adams, Morgan Quartet Plus Two

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Politics

Congress Considers Reauthorizing No Child Left Behind Standards

by Juana Summers

Congress Considers Reauthorizing No Child Left Behind Standards

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Latin America

Guatemalan Ex-Dictator Rios Montt Found Mentally Unfit For Genocide Retrial

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Mukou Gishi Ga Miru Yume Toe

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Na Po'o Ka La Makana

Law

FBI Director Brings Silicon Valley Encryption Fight To Capitol Hill

by Dina Temple-Raston

FBI Director Brings Silicon Valley Encryption Fight To Capitol Hill

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Middle East

Kurdish Forces Retake Ground From Self-Declared Islamic State In Syria

by Deborah Amos

Kurdish Forces Retake Ground From Self-Declared Islamic State In Syria

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In Space

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Lionheart Emancipator

Sports

Former University Of Illinois Athletes File $10 Million Lawsuit

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How Standardized Tests Are Scored (Hint: Humans Are Involved)

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How Standardized Tests Are Scored (Hint: Humans Are Involved)

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How Standardized Tests Are Scored (Hint: Humans Are Involved)

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Cat Skillz Beats Antique

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Schizophrenia U-Melt

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