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General Motors

Typewriters, Underwater Hotels And Picture Phones: The Future, As Seen From 1964

The 1964 World's Fair showcased jet packs and other miracles of science. Here's how people back then thought the future would look (and how it actually turned out).

Holder Seeks To Soothe Nerves During Visit To Ferguson

Attorney General Eric Holder participates in a closed-door meeting Wednesday with students at St. Louis Community College, Florissant Valley. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption

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Holder Seeks To Soothe Nerves During Visit To Ferguson

by Carrie Johnson

Holder Seeks To Soothe Nerves During Visit To Ferguson

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High School Football Players Steer Clear Of Ferguson Violence

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Honestly? [Vinyl] American Football

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How Syria's Assad Has Managed To Hold On To Power

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B.K.S. Iyengar Dies At 95; Sickly Child Became Yoga Guru

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Forgiveness [Instrumental] Krishna Das

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No More Secrets

Oslo Police Arrest Intoxicated Segway Driver

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How Much Bigger Is The Ebola Outbreak Than Official Reports Show?

Workers with the aid group Doctors Without Borders prepare a new Ebola treatment center near Monrovia, Liberia, on Sunday. The facility has 120 beds, making it the largest Ebola isolation clinic in history. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption

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Goats and Soda

How Much Bigger Is The Ebola Outbreak Than Official Reports Show?

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

How Much Bigger Is The Ebola Outbreak Than Official Reports Show?

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Vertical Trees With Eternal Leaves Daddy Kev

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Rhythm Daddy Kev

National Security

Islamic State Uses Online Strategies To Get Its Message Out

by Dina Temple-Raston

Islamic State Uses Online Strategies To Get Its Message Out

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Planet Money

Typewriters, Underwater Hotels And Picturephones: The Future, As Seen From 1964

by David Kestenbaum

Typewriters, Underwater Hotels And Picturephones: The Future, As Seen From 1964

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I Want To Hold Your Hand

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Wake Me Up

Business

China Investigates Lexus For Anti-Monopoly Violations

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Business

Fed Officials Debate Timing Of Interest Rate Hike

by John Ydstie

Fed Officials Debate Timing Of Interest Rate Hike

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Economy

Financial Players Gather In Jackson Hole For Annual Conference

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'Awesome Mix' Is No. 1 On Billboard 200 Album Chart

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Hooked on a Feeling Blue Swede

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Moonage Daydream David Bowie

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Middle East

Foley's Murder By Islamist Militants Shocks World's Conscience, Obama Says

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Remembrances

Fellow Photojournalist Nicole Tung Remembers James Foley

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Sounds Like Love Illa J

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Timeless Illa J

Research News

Why Civil Resistance Movements Succeed

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Biblical Violence Hella

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1-800-Ghost-Dance Hella

National

George Bush Challenges Bill Clinton To Ice Bucket Challenge

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Sports

Female Pitcher Mo'Ne Davis Is A Hit At Little League World Series

by Tom Goldman

Female Pitcher Mo'Ne Davis Is A Hit At Little League World Series

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Blow Up J. Cole

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Too Deep for the Intro

Middle East

Other Hostages Are In Danger, White House Official Says

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As Ukraine Presses Military Offensive, The Facts Are Fuzzy

Ukrainian soldiers muster at a point close to Luhansk in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, as Ukrainian troops make a push into rebel-held territory. Petro Zadorozhnyy/AP hide caption

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Europe

As Ukraine Presses Military Offensive, The Facts Are Fuzzy

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

As Ukraine Presses Military Offensive, The Facts Are Fuzzy

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A Maverick Director, At Home On The Range

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Movies

A Maverick Director, At Home On The Range

by Mandalit del Barco

A Maverick Director, At Home On The Range

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Jack the Ripper Link Wray

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Middle East

Hamas Senior Leaders Killed In Predawn Israeli Airstrike

by Philip Reeves

Hamas Senior Leaders Killed In Predawn Israeli Airstrike

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Business

Bank Of America Settles Mortgage Case For $16.65 Billion

by Jim Zarroli

Bank Of America Settles Mortgage Case For $16.65 Billion

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