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Aspirin can lower the risk of heart attacks, but there's concern that it's being overused. Jim DeLillo/iStockphoto hide caption

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Panel Says Aspirin Lowers Heart Attack Risk For Some, But Not All

Some adults at risk of heart attack or stroke can indeed benefit from taking a daily aspirin, a federal panel says. And it may also lower colorectal cancer risk. But the treatment has risks, too.

Gov. Scott Walker, R-Wis., holds up a $1 bill during a town hall in Las Vegas where he announced his plan to take on labor unions. Isaac Brekken/AP hide caption

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Scott Walker's Anti-Union Push May Not Prove So Easy As President

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A voter fills out her ballot in Las Vegas in 2004. A new report finds several states, including Nevada, have voting machines more than 10 years old, which are more likely to fail. David McNew/Getty Images hide caption

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Report: America's Aging Voting Machines Could Present Election Problems

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Panel Says Aspirin Lowers Heart Attack Risk For Some

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Mark Patterson, owner of PATCO Construction in Sanford, Maine, said his company lost more than $500,000 to cyberfraud. John Ydstie/NPR hide caption

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When Cyberfraud Hits Businesses, Banks May Not Offer Protection

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"Poetry is a call to action," says poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, "and it also is action." Ariel Zambelich/NPR hide caption

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Poet Laureate's Migrant Childhood Was Like 'Living In Literature Every Day'

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