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3:29 am
Mon January 28, 2013

Hemp Gets The Green Light In New Colorado Pot Measure

Originally published on Mon January 28, 2013 10:13 am

With recreational marijuana now legal in Colorado, small-scale pot shops will open up soon in places like Denver and Boulder. But that's not the only business that could get a boost: Large-scale commercial farmers may also be in line to benefit.

Why? When Colorado voters legalized marijuana last November, they also legalized hemp.

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Shots - Health News
3:25 am
Mon January 28, 2013

Mercy For Robots? Experiment Tests How Humans Relate To Machines

Credit Christoph Bartneck
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.

Originally published on Tue January 29, 2013 5:15 pm

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

A Doctor's Kindness Gives Homeless Inventor A Second Chance

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'

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

Credit Amr Nabil / AP
Relatives of the Egyptian policemen who were killed in Port Said grieve during their military funeral in Cairo on Sunday.

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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