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How to be a composer

by Eliza Mills
Jun 15, 2018
Carter Burwell talks about his job making music for the big screen.
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When it comes to chicken-processing plants, some communities see jobs where others see environmental concerns

by Brian Grimmett
Jun 14, 2018
A suburban community in Kansas turns away from the prospect of a chicken processing plant, while a rural town sees the possibility it would bring new jobs.
Shops and restaurants line one of Concordia’s main streets in downtown.
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Trade showdown

White House delays tariffs on EU, Canada and Mexico

by Associated Press
Apr 30, 2018
Facing a self-imposed deadline, President Donald Trump was considering whether to permanently exempt the EU and Mexico, Canada, Australia, Argentina and Brazil from tariffs that his administration imposed last month on imported steel and aluminum.
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Could tech refuse to help Uncle Sam during war?

by Molly Wood and Shaheen Ainpour
Apr 27, 2018
Some tech companies agree they won't help nations launch cyberattacks, but will they have a choice?
A US Marine with the FET (Female Engagement Team) 1st Battalion 8th Marines, Regimental Combat team II works late into the night on her laptop on her reports on November 12, 2010 in Musa Qala, Afghanistan.
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The immediate economic future looks bright, barring a few bumps down the road

by Mitchell Hartman
Apr 20, 2018
The Conference Board’s Leading Economic Index, which was up 0.3 percent in March, indicates the economy looks pretty good heading into summer and fall. The index crunches forward-looking measures like building permits, factory orders and unemployment claims to predict where the economy will be six months from now. And it looks as if the economy […]
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A rise in foreign industrial trawlers off the coast of Senegal is causing local fishermen to lose their livelihoods

by Lucia Benavides
Apr 19, 2018
West Africa loses $1.3 billion a year as a result of illegal fishing from foreign trawlers. Senegal, the country hardest hit, loses $300 million a year, or 2 percent of its GDP.
A beach in Dakar is full of unused pirogues, or wooden fishing boats. Senegal loses an estimated $300 million a year as a result of competition from foreign industrial trawlers that fish off its coast.
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What happens when you download your Facebook data

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Apr 16, 2018
You might be unpleasantly surprised by how much information you find.
Facebook's corporate headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
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Farmers are "excited" by the prospect re-entering the TPP

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 13, 2018
Keith Alverson says farmers like him are after the 95 precent of consumers outside the U.S.
The photographer holds an ear of corn he found on the ground next to a corn field during harvest on September 13, 2012 near Teltow, Germany. 
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Facebook Fallout

The Data Economy: Policy (or lack thereof)

by Molly Wood
Apr 12, 2018
The U.S. has few policies around privacy and data. That's great, until it's bad.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on April 11, 2018 in Washington, D.C. This is the second day of testimony before Congress by Zuckerberg, 33, after it was reported that 87 million Facebook users had their personal information harvested by Cambridge Analytica, a British political consulting firm linked to the Trump campaign.
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U.S. limits on Chinese investment could have big effect

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 22, 2018
The White House announced today a series of actions aimed at countering what it calls unfair Chinese trade practices. We got tariffs on $60 billion worth of Chinese goods each year, and we got litigation, with the U.S planning to sue China more at the WTO. And finally, the president says he’s going to limit […]
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