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New Jersey Takes On Major Professional Sports Leagues In Sports Betting Case

A former NBA player who became a New Jersey senator sponsored a federal law banning sports gambling that New Jersey now says is unconstitutional.

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New Jersey Takes On Major Professional Sports Leagues In Sports Betting Case

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A man gets out of a Volvo 144 to head to a parade in Pyongyang in 2012. In the 1970s, North Korea ordered 1,000 Volvo 144s from Sweden. To this day, the cars have not been paid for. Tanya L. Procyshyn hide caption

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How 1,000 Volvos Ended Up In North Korea — And Made A Diplomatic Difference

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Broken Bow Arch rises from Willow Canyon in the Escalante Canyons region of Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Howard Berkes/NPR hide caption

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Trump Orders Largest National Monument Reduction In U.S. History

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