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3:25 am
Mon January 28, 2013

Mercy For Robots? Experiment Tests How Humans Relate To Machines

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Could you say "no" to this face? Christoph Bartneck of the University of Canterbury in New Zealand recently tested whether humans could end the life of a robot as it pleaded for survival.
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Originally published on Tue January 29, 2013 5:15 pm

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Around the Nation
5:33 pm
Sun January 27, 2013

A Doctor's Kindness Gives Homeless Inventor A Second Chance

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Mike Williams (left) was homeless and broke in Sacramento, Calif., when he met Dr. Jong Chen. Now the two men are working together to develop a portable housing pod for the homeless.
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A rendering of the pod prototype designed by Williams in his joint venture with Chen.
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Originally published on Sun January 27, 2013 6:34 pm

In California in the early 1980s, a cracked tooth sent Mike Williams to the dentist's office.

When Williams asked to see the tooth, the dentist said he had a mirror but that there was no camera or anything to show people the insides of their mouths. So, Williams invented one: the first intraoral camera.

His invention was a big success, and it led to other medical technology ventures that made him millions of dollars. Williams' career as an inventor and entrepreneur took off, but it wouldn't last.

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Movies I've Seen A Million Times
5:33 pm
Sun January 27, 2013

The Movie Common Has 'Seen A Million Times'

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Eddie Murphy in John Landis' comedy Coming to America.
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Rapper-actor Common
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By Lily Percy

Originally published on Sun January 27, 2013 6:34 pm

The weekends on All Things Considered series Movies I've Seen A Million Times features filmmakers, actors, writers and directors talking about the movies that they never get tired of watching.

The movie that rapper-actor Common, whose credits include Brown Sugar, American Gangster, Just Wright and LUV — currently playing in theaters — could watch a million times is John Landis' Coming to America.

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The Two-Way
11:41 am
Sun January 27, 2013

Mass Funeral Held For Riot Dead In Egyptian Town

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Relatives of the Egyptian policemen who were killed in Port Said grieve during their military funeral in Cairo on Sunday.
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Originally published on Sun January 27, 2013 6:09 pm

Update at 6:10 p.m. ET Morsi Declares State Of Emergency

In a televised address Sunday night, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi declared a 30-day state of emergency and night curfew in three provinces hit hard by recent violence.

NPR's Leila Fadel says it means that during this time the government can arrest anyone they want if they look "fishy," and they can use the full force of the state to try and quell the city.

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The Two-Way
10:38 am
Sun January 27, 2013

Gun-Control Advocates Should Listen More, Obama Says

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President Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, talks at the White House on Jan. 16 about proposals to reduce gun violence. Obama has called for a ban on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines and is pushing other policies in the wake of the mass shooting last month at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn.
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By Krishnadev Calamur

President Obama said that those support gun control should "do a little more listening" to differing viewpoints in the debate over firearms in the U.S.

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