Sunday, November 1, 2015

What Happens When Your 'Jeopardy!' Response Goes Viral Plus 4 More Stories

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The Two-Way

What Happens When Your 'Jeopardy!' Response Goes Viral

An NPR producer found out firsthand what it's like. The Final Jeopardy category was Flowers.

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NPR History Dept.

A Very Weird Photo Of Ulysses S. Grant

More than 80 years before Photoshop was introduced, a clever photographer doctored this picture — and tampered with history.

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The Salt

Bad Day For Bacon: Processed Meats Cause Cancer, WHO Says

The World Health Organization's decision puts bacon, hot dogs and sausages in the same category of cancer risk as tobacco smoking. And beef, pork, veal and lamb are "probably carcinogenic," WHO says.

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The Two-Way

S.C. Sheriff's Deputy Is Fired After Review Of High School Student's Arrest

"It's not what I expect from my deputies, and it's not what I tolerate from my deputies," Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott says.

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Shots - Health News

Could Depression Be Caused By An Infection?

Infection and autoimmune activity result in inflammation. And psychiatric researchers now suspect that inflammation may play a role in some cases of depression and other mental illnesses.

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