2015년 2월 27일 금요일

Stone Age Britons Were Eating Wheat 2,000 Years Before They Farmed It Plus 14 More Stories

Your NPR stories for February 27, 2015
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Stone Age Britons Were Eating Wheat 2,000 Years Before They Farmed It
Scientists have recovered cultivated wheat DNA from an 8,000-year-old submerged site off the British coast. The finding suggests hunter-gatherers were trading for the grain long before they grew it.
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A 10-Hour Ride, A Welcome With Cola Nuts, A Sad Yet Hopeful New Normal
NPR's John Poole and Sami Yenigun visited the village of Barkedu in Liberia to capture the sights and sounds of life after Ebola in a multimedia essay.
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White House Move To Protect Nest Eggs Sparks Hopes And Fears
The Labor Department will draft new rules requiring retirement advisers to put consumers' best interests first. The industry warns low-income people might lose out on financial planning advice.
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Obama To Ambitious Teen: 'You Have This Strength Inside Yourself'
The president interviews 18-year-old, Noah McQueen, who's participating in a White House mentoring program for young men of color. "It's hard to always make the right decision," McQueen tells Obama.
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Colorado Pushes For Concealed Guns In K-12 Schools
Similar legislation has been proposed in North Dakota and Wyoming to allow concealed firearms on K-12 school grounds and college campuses, as a part of a larger effort to expand gun owners' rights.
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FCC Approves Net Neutrality Rules For 'Open Internet'
The FCC approved the policy known as net neutrality by a 3-2 vote, with FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler saying the agency will ensure that no entity "should control free open access to the Internet."
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Banksy's Murals Turn Up In Gaza Strip
The artist, who uses public spaces for his often-provocative murals, posted images of art created in the Gaza Strip, along with a two-minute video of life in the Palestinian territory.
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In Video: The Great Llama Drama Of 2015
The nation was riveted by a pair of llamas that broke free in Sun City, Ariz. The llamas ran through parking lots and boulevards, until the men with lassos were called.
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Astronomers Discover A Supermassive Black Hole Dating To Cosmic Dawn
It's enormous, and it grew relatively quickly — less than 900 million years after the Big Bang.
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Living Small In The City: With More Singles, Micro-Housing Gets Big
Single people represent the fastest growing category of households in the U.S. That's made small dwellings — from micro-apartments to stand-alone tiny houses, a niche force in the real estate market.
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Music
Nellie McKay On Song Travels
McKay and host Michael Feinstein team up for "Pennies from Heaven" and "The Nearness of You," and she performs her original "Beneath the Underdog."
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A Wrong Note Sets The Right Mood In 'House Of Cards'
The show's distinctive score is the work of Jeff Beal, who ushers viewers into its clandestine, manipulative and sometimes violent world by breaking a few musical rules.
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People Get Ready, 'Rainbow'
See the trippy new video for "Rainbow" from People Get Ready's albumPhysiques.
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First Listen: Purity Ring, 'Another Eternity'
The Edmonton band mines the built-in tension between its many sources of effervescence and the darker shading in its words and backgrounds.
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Jungle Fire On World Cafe
Hear a performance by the Latin funk band at the studios of KCSN radio.
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