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Licensing a new hunter
| Jun 21, 2005There has been a rapid decline in the number of hunters. Some states use hunting license fees for conservation programs, and now they're trying to make it easier for people to take up the sport. Sarah Hughlett reports.
Hobnobbing with the jetset
| Jun 20, 2005In Oklahoma City, the FAA Academy is training recruits. Kim Green reports.
Too much democracy
| Jun 20, 2005As commentator Jeff Birnbaum looks at the role of special interests in Washington, he sees not enough fairness ... and way too much of something else.
Do you want to know a secret?
Youth Radio | Jun 20, 2005Teenagers are very, very good at keeping secrets — just ask a parent.But one campus crime-stopping scheme counts on them sharing secrets with the authorities. The incentive? Cold, hard cash. Natalie Streiter reports from Youth Radio.
Taking this recall to heart
| Jun 20, 2005Medical device maker Guidant's implantable defibrillators shock a patient's heart back into action if it starts to beat abnormally. But a few of these devices have short-circuited. Helen Palmer reports.
Really, what's the worst that could happen?
| Jun 20, 2005James Fallows, national correspondent for the Atlantic magazine, looks into the future with Kai Ryssdal.
The boomers reach maturity
| Jun 20, 2005Starting next year, one baby boomer will turn 60 every ten seconds. As they turn toward retirement in their golden years, stock, bond and real estate markets may see some new shifts.
Believing in the church of baseball
| Jun 20, 2005Tonight in Durham, North Carolina, the city council votes on three enormous downtown development projects. Martha Woodroof reports on how an abandoned downtown turned around.
The Sloan Sessions
| Jun 20, 2005Lisa Napoli talks with Allan Sloan about the cycle of marriage and divorce in corporate America.
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