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Autism & Neurodevelop-
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| Vitamin D Theory of Autism |
Caffeine:
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Child Care Cookbook:
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Cognitive Mapping:
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Irrefutable Evidence:
The Importance of Vitamin D in the Prevention of Illness and Death |
Linguaphile:
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Medicinal Mushrooms:
Treating Illness and Maintaining Health with Fungi |
Nordic Walking: Overview
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Economy
NPR
| For those who think working 9 to 5 is all takin' and no givin' (as Dolly Parton once sang), there are options for a more flexible work arrangement. Don't know your flextime from your job sharing? Here's a quick primer. |
| After months of working with Republicans to fashion a joint overhaul of financial regulation, Sen. Christopher Dodd will go it alone Monday. As Banking Committee chairman, Dodd will unveil his proposal to rewrite regulations with the aim of avoiding another financial meltdown. Guest host Audie Cornish talks with NPR's John Ydstie about what to expect. |
| Not much good has come out of the recession from which we seem to be slowly emerging. But at least it's left us with some new lingo, like "staycation." The Christian Science Monitor has compiled a list of its favorites, and guest host Audie Cornish explains a few of them. |
| The gap between the personal wealth of white and black Americans has grown wider. That's the takeaway from a report, released this week by the Insight Center for Community Economic Development. Guest host Jacki Lyden speaks with Dr. Julianne Malveaux, an economist and president of Bennett College, about the so-called "racial wealth gap." |
| A bankruptcy court examiner is raising new questions about the actions of Lehman Bros. executives in the weeks before the firm filed for bankruptcy. In a 2,000-page report, the examiner alleges that Lehman's top managers manipulated the firm's balance sheet in a bid to stave off bankruptcy. |
| A new report says Lehman Bros. used accounting tricks to cover up the fact it had been insolvent for weeks before it filed for bankruptcy in September 2008. Lynn Turner, former chief accountant for the Securities and Exchange Commission, discusses the creative accounting techniques the company used to manipulate its books. |
| As the financial crisis grew in 2007 and 2008, the now-defunct banking giant knew it needed to reduce its reliance on borrowed money. But it was a bad time to sell stuff off and pay back debts. So Lehman Brothers made special use of something called the repo market. |
| President Obama intends to nominate Janet Yellen, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, to take over as vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, an administration official says. She served as a top economic adviser to President Clinton. |
| The Commerce Department said retail sales rose 0.3 percent last month — surpassing expectations that sales would decline by 0.2 percent — as consumers did not let major snowstorms stop them from storming the malls. |
| Remember those complicated bonds full of home mortgages? The ones that almost brought down the economy? A team of reporters with NPR's Planet Money used $1,000 of their own cash to buy a tiny piece of one — and plan to track it until it dies. |
| If you build it, they will swim — that's the vision of Elkhart, Ind., where nearly 1 in every 5 people was unemployed a year ago. Situated close to Chicago and Indianapolis, the town is a few hours' drive for 35 million people. So Elkhart is exploring the idea of building a type of tropical resort popular in cold climates in Europe, such as this one in England. |
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| A strong employment report pushed the Canadian dollar to well above 98 cents US on Friday, its highest point in nearly two years. |
| Calgary-based Agrium Inc. will keep hunting for takeover opportunities, the fertilizer giant's CEO says. |
| U.S. President Barack Obama wants to nominate Janet Yellen to take over as vice-chairman of the Federal Reserve, an administration official says. |
| Albertans weigh on a decision by the provincial government to roll back the royalty rates it charges energy companies to develop the province's oil and gas resources. |
| Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is going public and will trade on the New York Stock Exchange in the near future. |
| Canada's recovering economy continued to churn out new jobs last month, adding 60,000 full-time positions - mostly in the public sector and many filled by men aged 55 or older. |
| Vale Inco workers in Sudbury, Ont., have soundly rejected the company's latest contract offer. |
| A huge amount of carbon dioxide can be safely stored underground in central Alberta, says a study released by the University of Calgary Friday. |
| American retail sales rose in February, the U.S. Commerce Department reported Friday, as consumers kept buying despite major snowstorms that hit eastern states. |
| China's top internet regulator insists Google must obey its laws or "pay the consequences," giving no sign of a possible compromise in their dispute over censorship and hacking. |
| Alberta has rolled back the royalty rates it charges energy companies to develop the province's oil and gas resources, which will sharply slash government revenues but may boost investment. |
| The National Energy Board has approved an application by TransCanada Corp. to build its Keystone XL pipeline project, an expansion of its Keystone pipeline to the U.S. Gulf Coast. |
| The Canadian Border Services Agency has fined WestJet $5,300 for sending international passengers through the domestic arrivals area at Toronto's Pearson International Airport , rather than straight through customs, CBC News has learned. |
| Calgary-based fertilizer giant Agrium Inc. said Thursday it is dropping its $5.5 billion US hostile takeover bid for American rival CF Industries Holdings Inc. |
| Canada's budget watchdog disagrees with parts of last week's federal budget, namely the deficit forecasts and economic expectations. |
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