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U.S. Program Helps Africans Learn Entrepreneurial Skills

8:56am September 03, 2014

David Greene talks to Enitan Kuku, who's from Nigeria, and Mildred Apenyo, who's from Uganda, about a U.S. State Department entrepreneurial fellowship for young leaders from Africa.

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UMass Sets Record For Largest New England Clambake

8:22am September 03, 2014

According to the Associated Press, more than 3,000 clam dinners were served to students on the Amherst campus.

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Halliburton To Pay To Settle Oil Rig Explosion Claims

8:22am September 03, 2014

Houston-based Halliburton has agreed to pay $1.1 billion to settle most of the claims filed after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Louisiana coast in 2010.

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Prime Group, which conducted the poll of financial professionals, found that 83 percent of U.S. respondents associated Arthur Andersen with the word "ethical."

National

What's In A Name? Former Arthur Andersen Employees Spell It Out

10:01am September 02, 2014

by Yuki Noguchi

A company called WTAS is reviving the defunct accounting firm's name and hoping clients have forgotten its associations with the Enron scandal.

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Why Do We Blindly Sign Terms Of Service Agreements?

4:36pm September 01, 2014

Audie Cornish talks with University of Chicago Law School professor Omri Ben-Shahar about terms of service agreements for software and websites.

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National

As Casinos Close, Atlantic City Tries To Pivot Focus Elsewhere

4:36pm September 01, 2014

by Emma Jacobs

Thousands of employees lost their casino jobs with the closure of the Showboat and Revel casinos in Atlantic City. This is the latest development in a painful transition for Atlantic City, which faces greater competition for gamblers from neighboring states.

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Arts

Deborah Rutter Becomes Kennedy Center's First Female President

7:55am September 01, 2014

by Susan Stamberg

On Monday, Deborah Rutter begins her job as president of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. She says it never occurred to her that she would be the first woman in the job.

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Survey: Americans Are Grumpy About Economic Recovery

8:01pm August 31, 2014

by Scott Horsley

A new survey by Rutgers University found two out of three Americans felt no improvement in the last year. And only about one in four expect things to get better in the year to come.

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National

Beware: Your Uber Ride May Come With A Side Of Oversharing

8:41pm August 30, 2014

The "sharing economy" has created a lot of solutions for cheap rides and places to stay. In a piece for Ozy.com, Pooja Bhatia writes about one undesired byproduct: oversharing.

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Edibles available at LoDo Wellness Center, a retail marijuana and medical marijuana dispensary and grow facility in downtown Denver.

National

Colorado's Pot Brownies Now Come With Instructions

4:09pm August 29, 2014

by Luke Runyon

Colorado is rolling out regulations for the edible-marijuana sector, including "emergency rules," which spell out serving sizes. But for now, most of the dosage education is falling to pot shops.

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