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Caffeine-Laced Gum Has Energized The FDA

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Caffeine-Laced Gum Has Energized The FDA

April 30, 2013 • Wrigley's new caffeinated gum has raised eyebrows at the FDA, which is worried about the potential health impacts on children and teens.

Why An Immigration Deal Won't Solve The Farmworker Shortage

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Why An Immigration Deal Won't Solve The Farmworker Shortage

April 30, 2013 • Many farmers are cheering government proposals to give thousands of seasonal farmworkers a path to legal status. But even if the bill passes, it won't solve the long-term trend of fewer migrants coming north to work on U.S. farms. Farmers will instead have to learn how to do more with less immigrant labor.

Why An Immigration Deal Won't Solve The Farmworker Shortage

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Mon Dieu! Fast Food Now Rules In France

April 30, 2013 • The French may have a global reputation as gastronomes, but the majority of their restaurant spending now goes to fast food chains, a new survey finds. The change comes amid shrinking lunch breaks and growing laxity among the French when it comes to their famously rigid food culture rules.

If TV's Your Cup Of Tea, Try A Character-Infused Blend

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If TV's Your Cup Of Tea, Try A Character-Infused Blend

April 29, 2013 • It looks like tea is joining the ranks of fan fiction and fan art as an option for expressing your love for the likes of everything from Downton Abbey and Doctor Who to Game of Thrones and The Hunger Games. One company is selling crowdsourced fandom blends inspired by customers' favorite TV shows, books, movies and comics.

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The Salt

Sandwich Monday: The Pop-Tart Ice Cream Sandwich

April 29, 2013 • Is your bikini a few sizes too big? Try this. We re-create the latest dessert sandwich from Carl's Jr. using items procured from our office vending machine.

Pork Producers Root Out Market Niche With Berkshire Pigs

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Pork Producers Root Out Market Niche With Berkshire Pigs

April 29, 2013 • Pork producers looking for more financial stability than the commodity market affords are trying their luck with specialty hog breeds. These pigs, raised on small farms, with limited antibiotics, cost more to raise but fetch more at market. And many say they make for tastier pork.

Don't Call It 'Turkish' Coffee, Unless, Of Course, It Is

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Don't Call It 'Turkish' Coffee, Unless, Of Course, It Is

April 27, 2013 • Throughout the region that was once the Ottoman empire, people make coffee pretty much the same way: using coffee beans ground into a fine powder, then boiled in a little brass pot. But ordering "Turkish" coffee today doesn't go over well in some Balkan or eastern Mediterranean countries that have some lingering anti-Turkish feelings.

Why Caffeine In Coffee Is A Miracle Drug For The Tired

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Why Caffeine In Coffee Is A Miracle Drug For The Tired

April 26, 2013 • Historians tell us that caffeine in coffee helped Western civilization "sober up" and get down to business. Now scientific research shows that at low doses, caffeine improves performance on mental tasks, especially in people who are already tired.

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The Salt

VIDEO: The NPR Virtual Coffeehouse

April 26, 2013 • All this week on The Salt and on Morning Edition, we've explored the stories behind your ritual cup of joe. Watch archived video of our Coffee Week conversation in our first Google+ Hangout.

Hard Hits, Hard Liquor In 'The Summer of Beer and Whiskey'

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Hard Hits, Hard Liquor In 'The Summer of Beer and Whiskey'

April 26, 2013 • In the 1880s, it took a German immigrant to change America's pastime forever. Chris Von der Ahe founded the St. Louis Browns and later helped form a new baseball league. Author Edward Achorn recalls baseball's early days in his new book.

Hard Hits, Hard Liquor In 'The Summer of Beer and Whiskey'

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LISTEN: Jerry Seinfeld Scolds Steve Inskeep On The Macchiato

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LISTEN: Jerry Seinfeld Scolds Steve Inskeep On The Macchiato

April 26, 2013 • When the comedian asked the NPR host whether he knew what a macchiato is, Inskeep had to confess he didn't. And this happened during Morning Edition's "coffee week!" Seinfeld was amused. Inskeep says he's now going to go try one of the coffee drinks.

'Morning Edition' Outtake: Seinfeld & Inskeep

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The Lollipop War

April 26, 2013 • Candy makers and sugar farmers have been fighting for years in Congress. The sugar farmers are winning.

The Lollipop War

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Exploring Coffee's Past To Rescue Its Future

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Exploring Coffee's Past To Rescue Its Future

April 26, 2013 • Today's commercial coffee production is based on only a tiny slice of the genetic varieties that have grown since prehistoric times. And that's a problem, because it leaves the world's coffee supply vulnerable to shocks like climate change, or the leaf rust currently ravaging Latin American coffee farms.

Exploring Coffee's Past To Rescue Its Future

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So Jerry Seinfeld Called Us To Talk About Coffee

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So Jerry Seinfeld Called Us To Talk About Coffee

April 26, 2013 • After years of not understanding coffee, Jerry Seinfeld says he's finally discovered the delight of meeting someone over a cup. "You have coffee and for some reason it makes you talk a lot," he says.

So Jerry Seinfeld Called Us To Talk About Coffee

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