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10:04 am
Mon November 14, 2011

CEO Resigns From Charity Founded By Accused Penn State Child Abuser

Jack Raykovitz has resigned as CEO of The Second Mile — the program for at-risk children founded by former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, who's been accused of sexually abusing young boys for more than a decade.

Neither Raykovitz nor anyone else at Second Mile has been accused of any crime. Sandusky, through his lawyer, has maintained his innocence.

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Shots - Health Blog
9:57 am
Mon November 14, 2011

Supreme Court To Decide Constitutionality Of Health Law

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Coming soon to the Supreme Court: Is the federal health overhaul constitutional?

Who didn't see this coming?

The Supreme Court has added a case challenging the constitutionality of the provision of last year's health overhaul requiring nearly every American to have health insurance beginning in the year 2014 to the list of cases it will hear this term.

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The Two-Way
9:00 am
Mon November 14, 2011

Downing Street Defends Larry The Cat After Mouse Sighting

Calls for Larry the cat to resign from his position as No. 10 Downing Street's semi-official mouser have been "rebuffed," the BBC reports.

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Space
8:56 am
Mon November 14, 2011

Exploring Supernovas Leads To Physics Nobel Prize

Last month, the Nobel Prize for physics was awarded to three scientists who discovered that, since the Big Bang, the universe has been expanding at an accelerating rate. Before the discovery, scientists assumed that gravity slowed down the expansion of the universe. But the data collected by one team led by astrophysicist Saul Perlmutter and another team led by physicist Brian Schmidt indicated otherwise.

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World Cafe
8:32 am
Mon November 14, 2011

Ryan Adams On World Cafe

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Ryan Adams' first album since he took a hiatus from music is called Ashes & Fire.

Ryan Adams announced a hiatus from music in 2009 after suffering from Ménière's disease, an inner-ear disorder that causes vertigo and progressive hearing loss, but the North Carolina alt-country staple never really left. Through various monikers and channels, Adams released rations of black metal and hard rock, giving select performances throughout 2009 and 2010. He has now returned to form with Ashes & Fire, an album that'll feel familiar to fans of his work with his former band, The Cardinals.

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The Two-Way
8:18 am
Mon November 14, 2011

Occupy Oakland Camp Deserted As Police Move In

"Hundreds of police officers raided the Occupy Oakland tent city" early this morning, the Oakland Tribune reports, but there were few if any people there:

"There's no one in the tents, it seems empty. ... It seems about 30-40 tents were taken down in anticipation of the raid."

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Crisis In The Housing Market
8:15 am
Mon November 14, 2011

After Banks' Mistakes, Homeowners Pick Up Pieces

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Attorney Gary Klein in Boston is suing the largest U.S. banks on behalf of thousands of homeowners who he says the banks wrongfully pushed into foreclosure.

Federal regulators have announced the start of a nationwide review of foreclosures by the nation's largest banks. The goal is to reach homeowners who've been treated unfairly or who lost their house when they shouldn't have.

Banks have started mailing out letters to upwards of 4 million homeowners. The regulators have ordered the banks to find people who have suffered financial harm due to the banks' mistakes, and to offer "remediation."

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The Two-Way
7:41 am
Mon November 14, 2011

Herman Cain's Wife Says 'He Totally Respects Women'

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Gloria Cain, on Fox News Channel's On the Record with Greta Van Susteren.

Gloria Cain, who has preferred to stay mostly out of spotlight so far during the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, has now been heard from about the sexual harassment charges leveled at her husband, GOP contender Herman Cain.

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The Two-Way
7:00 am
Mon November 14, 2011

Report: Years And Years Of Missed Chances In Penn State Scandal

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During Saturday's game against Nebraska, a Penn State fan looks on in State College, Pa.

Reporter Sara Ganim of The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa., continues to lay out the scope of the child sex abuse scandal that has engulfed Penn State University and the many missed chances that authorities had to stop what former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky allegedly did to many young boys.

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