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9:51 am
Wed January 16, 2013

Before Obama's Plan Is Out, NRA Calls Him An 'Elitist Hypocrite'

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Originally published on Wed January 16, 2013 11:50 am

  • On 'Morning Edition': NPR's Ari Shapiro reports
The Two-Way
8:51 am
Wed January 16, 2013

Inflation Rate Slowed Sharply In 2012; Prices Were Flat In December

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The cost of a gallon of gas kept rising last year, but not at the torrid pace of 2010 and 2011. That helped keep inflation in check.

Originally published on Wed January 16, 2013 10:21 am

Consumer prices rose just 1.7 percent in 2012, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. That's about half the pace of 2011 — when prices went up 3 percent.

In December, BLS says, prices were unchanged.

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The Two-Way
8:24 am
Wed January 16, 2013

Interior Sec. Salazar Is Latest Member Of Cabinet To Announce Departure

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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.

Originally published on Wed January 16, 2013 9:58 am

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar intends to step down at the end of March, his office confirms to NPR's Jeff Brady.

Word of Salazar's plan broke over night. According to The Denver Post, the former senator from Colorado intends to "return to Colorado to spend time with his family."

As the Post writes:

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The Two-Way
8:04 am
Wed January 16, 2013

Fire Ball, Panic As Helicopter Crashes In London

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A firefighter walks toward some of the wreckage at the scene of today's helicopter crash in London.

Originally published on Wed January 16, 2013 10:00 am

Business
7:48 am
Wed January 16, 2013

Sick Workers' Dilemma: Stay Home Or Go To Work?

Originally published on Wed January 16, 2013 8:18 am

As the earliest flu outbreak in years continues to claim victims, businesses are taking a hit, too. They're faced with an unsolvable problem: If they tell too many sick employees to stay home, the work doesn't get done. But when people sick with flu and other bugs show up, they're spreading illness through the workplace.

It's a dilemma the staff at Zeno Radio, a media technology company in Midtown Manhattan, has seen unfold this winter.

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