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Feb 8, 2018

02/08/2018: It’s a correction, folks

Another down, volatile day on Wall Street. The Dow closed down more than 1,000 points, and major indices are down about 10 percent from a couple weeks ago, putting U.S. markets square in correction territory. That’s where we’ll start today’s show. Then we visit a small city in Arkansas trying to regulate the smell it says is coming from a local meat-rendering plant, and finding out there’s not much it can do. Plus: Millennials aren’t killing business cards, just making them weirder.

02/08/2018: It’s a correction, folks — BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP/Getty Images

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Farm-to-table comes to a Louisiana jail
by Eve Abrams
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
"Meals and food is the basic way that we show love and respect for one another," said the jail's warden, Catherine Fontenot. "And that’s what we need to show with people who have offended us the greatest."
Business cards are getting weirder
by Kai Ryssdal and Josie Fan
Even in this digital age, the good old fashioned business card is far from dead. But it is getting weirder. Some creative networkers and entrepreneurs are using oddball cards with unusual shapes and materials to stand out with potential clients. “What I found is that a lot of young people really love them because they […]

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Another down, volatile day on Wall Street. The Dow closed down more than 1,000 points, and major indices are down about 10 percent from a couple weeks ago, putting U.S. markets square in correction territory. That’s where we’ll start today’s show. Then we visit a small city in Arkansas trying to regulate the smell it says is coming from a local meat-rendering plant, and finding out there’s not much it can do. Plus: Millennials aren’t killing business cards, just making them weirder.

02/08/2018: It’s a correction, folks