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Guess what was banned at Aflac's dinner at the RNC

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 28, 2012
Aflac, the insurance company, was throwing a party down in Tampa at the GOP convention -- with a key dietary restriction.
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Even Neil Armstrong got paid per diem

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 27, 2012
Minus a deduction for accommodations, since there was the spacecraft to stay in.
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Rembrandt etching lost in the mail

by Tess Vigeland
Aug 24, 2012
And the Norwegian art gallery who sent it didn't get insurance.
Rembrandt's 'Portrait of a man, half length, with arms akimbo' on December 4, 2009 in London. A Rembrandt etching worth $8,000 is now lost in the Norwegian post.
Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
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Super PAC app tells you if political ads are lying

by Tess Vigeland
Aug 23, 2012
Ever wished for some sort of lie detector for the campaign trail? Enter the Super PAC app.
Screenshots from the Super PAC app.
Super PAC app
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Park in Israel equipping donkeys with Wi-Fi routers

by Tess Vigeland
Aug 22, 2012
So now you can don biblical garb and ride an ancient animal while looking up your location on Wikipedia.
David Silverman/Newsmakers
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Check your cultural references against the new Mindset List

by Tess Vigeland
Aug 21, 2012
It's a compendium of cultural references targeted at professors who may not realize just how out of the times they seem to this year's college freshmen.
Mr. Focker or Mr. Corleone?
Andreas Rentz/Getty Images
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'Middle class' to melt away at political conventions

by Tess Vigeland
Aug 20, 2012
We've heard a lot in recent years about the disappearing middle class. Well, anyone attending either the Republican or Democratic National Conventions will be able to watch it happen.
Morning In America (2011) by Ligorano/Reese.
Nora Ligorano
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U.S. carbon emissions hit a 20-year low

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 16, 2012
A hint of optimism about climate change.
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Klout changes its algorithm

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 15, 2012
So now President Obama has a better Klout score than Justin Bieber.
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Math nerds will love today's U.S. population number

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 14, 2012
Shortly after 2:29 this afternoon Eastern Daylight Time, the U.S. population clock hit 314,159,265.
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