Angus Chen

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Toxic Lead Contaminates Some Traditional Ayurvedic Medicines

Friday, July 31, 2015

Nisha Saini has been practicing an Indian traditional health form called Ayurveda for more than 16 years. She runs a small alternative health center in Manhattan called New York Ayurveda, where customers can get massages and dietary advice. Over the counter, Saini sells an extensive array of traditional remedies concocted ...

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Cyber Deterrence, New Aggressive Strategies To Fight Hacking

Friday, July 31, 2015

The United States government is developing aggressive strategies to proactively defend against cyber hacking after the breach against the Office of Personnel Management last April.

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Philly Faux Pas: Presidential Candidates & The Cheesesteak Test

Friday, July 31, 2015

A word of advice to presidential candidates: when on the campaign trial, eat the local food like the locals do. 

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Health Effects Of Transitioning In Teen Years Remain Unknown

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Most transgender adolescents go through the same steps during the medical transition from one gender to another. They're given a drug that blocks or pauses puberty. Then, if they and their doctors are sure they want to continue, they are given sex hormones that will resume puberty and give them ...

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A Visit With The Queen Of The Indies

Friday, July 17, 2015

Parker Posey talks Woody Allen, Christopher Guest, the current state of gender in Hollywood, and dream projects. 

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4 Dead And Gunman Killed In Shooting On Chattanooga Military Offices

Friday, July 17, 2015

Another horror in America, this time on two military facilities at Chattanooga, Tennessee where a gunman opened fired on Thursday.

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One Year Later, "I Can't Breathe" Still Echoes

Friday, July 17, 2015

One year later we pause to remember Eric Garner. 

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Thanks, Internet: The Best Five Things Online This Week

Friday, July 17, 2015

Mario sinks the Confederate flag, Teen Spirit smashes a shovel, Rihanna meets KoRn, man in giraffe mask lip syncs Marvin Gaye, and girl Ghostbusters arrive. 

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Criminal Justice Is Changing In America

Friday, July 17, 2015

Jason Hernandez, a former drug dealer who was granted clemency by Obama, describes his journey from crime to forgiveness.

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Movie Date: Films to See and Avoid This Weekend

Friday, July 17, 2015

The Movie Date Podcast team is back to review the weekend's new releases, including "Trainwreck," and "Antman."

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State Medical Examiners Confirm Police Choke Hold Killed Mississippi Man

Thursday, July 16, 2015

A Mississippi man died last week after being held in a choke hold by a police officer for more than 20 minutes and denied CPR, according to witnesses and his family’s attorneys. 

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The Bipartisan Push for Criminal Justice Reform

Thursday, July 16, 2015

This week, President Obama noted that "people of all political persuasions" are interested in criminal justice reform. Here's one conservative's take on Obama's reform proposals. 

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Students Learn Better When Schools Keep Libraries

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Studies have shown that students who attend schools with libraries score better on reading and writing tests than students whose schools don't have libraries.  

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Curbing America's Addiction To Air Conditioning

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Buildings in America are kept too cold in the summer, and it's costing our health, productivity and (cold, hard) cash. What's going on and how did this happen? 

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Cartel Land: Drugs, Guns, and Vigilantism on the Border

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Along the U.S. - Mexico border, where the drug wars rage, tens of thousands of people have died, and vigilantes have taken the law into their own hands. 

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How El Chapo Escaped From Prison And What Happens Now

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Joaquin Guzman Loera, or "El Chapo," an infamous drug-lord, has escaped from a Mexican maximum security prison, and he didn't do it alone. 

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One Family's Struggle With Marijuana Prohibition And Epilepsy

Friday, July 10, 2015

Fred Vogelstein and his wife, Evelyn, whose son, Sam, has epilepsy stopped at nothing to find their son a cure. 

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The Cyber Weaknesses Of The U.S. Government

Friday, July 10, 2015

A recent hack into the Federal Office of Personnel Management, compromising the records of over 21 million people's records. We look at some of the weaknesses in federal cyber security.

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As Talks Drag On, American Prisoners In Iran In Limbo

Friday, July 10, 2015

A big question mark hangs over the fates of four Americans being held in Iran.

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In Israel and Gaza, A Generation Raised Through War

Friday, July 10, 2015

After years of war and violence, a generation of children grow up with scars and trauma in Gaza and Israel.

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