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Long-Shot Candidates Look To Keep Hope Alive For 2016

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent, speaks during a December 2012 news conference on Capitol Hill. Sanders said recently he'd consider running for president if no other progressive candidate steps up. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption

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It's All Politics

Long-Shot Candidates Look To Keep Hope Alive For 2016

It's trial balloon season in presidential politics, a time when long shots and lesser-knowns float their names for 2016. More than a few of them are simply after the free publicity.

Business

Boston Says It Has A Plan To Erase The Gender Wage Gap

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If you're a woman, you're probably paid less than your male colleagues — 77 cents on the dollar, to be exact. Now Boston thinks it has a solution to eradicate the wage gap. It starts with getting businesses to sign a pledge.

Boston Says It Has A Plan To Erase The Gender Wage Gap

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Health Care

White House Optimistic At Deadline To Fix Obamacare

The Obama administration set a self-imposed deadline of the end of November to have the major kinks worked out in HealthCare.gov, the website at the center of implementation for the Affordable Care Act. In the hours before its deadline, the site was taken offline for repairs. But the White House says the site is in much better shape than it was two months ago, when it launched and promptly failed to work for most users.

White House Optimistic At Deadline To Fix Obamacare

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North Korea Says Detained American Has 'Apologized'

This photo taken on Nov. 9 and released on Nov. 30 by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency shows American Merrill Newman inking his thumbprint onto a written apology for his alleged crimes both as a tourist and during his participation in the Korean War. KCNA/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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North Korea Says Detained American Has 'Apologized'

According to North Korea, Merrill Newman admitted to being the mastermind of a spy ring. The country released a video of the 85-year-old Korean War veteran reading from a handwritten statement.

Jason Kidd Says He Spilled His Drink In An Attempt To Win

Brooklyn Nets head coach Jason Kidd yells to his team in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Detroit Pistons, on Nov. 24 in New York. Kathy Willens/AP hide caption

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The Two-Way

Jason Kidd Says He Spilled His Drink In An Attempt To Win

Without any timeouts left, Kidd used a creative solution to give his team some time to strategize. The NBA fined him $50,000 for the stunt and last night, Kidd finally talked about the incident.

Police Helicopter Crashes Into Glasgow Pub; At Least 8 Dead

Glasgow resident Paul Watt, 48, crouches near a police cordon in Glasgow on Saturday. Watt was a regular patron of the pub hit by an out-of-control police helicopter. Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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The Two-Way

Police Helicopter Crashes Into Glasgow Pub; At Least 8 Dead

Dozens have been taken to area hospitals and an unknown number are still trapped. Family members and friends are now in a mad search for their loved ones.

U.S. Urges Commercial Airlines To Comply With New Chinese Air Zone

Japanese Coast Guard vessels sail alongside Japanese activists' fishing boat, not in photo, warning the activists away from a group of disputed islands called Diaoyu by China and Senkaku by Japan. Emily Wang/AP hide caption

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U.S. Urges Commercial Airlines To Comply With New Chinese Air Zone

The guidance is different from what Japan is telling its carriers, and some analysts say it could be seen as a concession to China, which broadened its air defense zone last week.

How Will We Know If HealthCare.gov Is Fixed?

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Health Care

How Will We Know If HealthCare.gov Is Fixed?

Saturday is the day the White House promised the website for the Affordable Care Act will work for the "vast majority of users." NPR's health policy correspondent Julie Rovner explains what that means, and whether the deadline is going to be met.

How Will We Know If HealthCare.gov Is Fixed?

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Odds Favor White Men, Asian Women On Dating App

A recent study on data from a dating app found all women except black women were most drawn to white men, and men of all races (with one notable exception) prefer Asian women. iStockphoto hide caption

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Odds Favor White Men, Asian Women On Dating App

Researchers recently took data from the Facebook app Are You Interested and found that not only is race a factor in our online dating interests, but particular races get disproportionately high — and low — amounts of interest.

A Day For Small Businesses To Stand Out In The Crowd

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Economy

A Day For Small Businesses To Stand Out In The Crowd

Tucked between Gray Thursday, Black Friday and Cyber Monday is Small Business Saturday. It's a designation invented by American Express, but it's becoming vital to small businesses around the country.

A Day For Small Businesses To Stand Out In The Crowd

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A New Worry Looms Online For The Affordable Care Act

Insurance companies say they are finding numerous mistakes on a digital form that's essential for signing up through HealthCare.gov. AP hide caption

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Health Care

A New Worry Looms Online For The Affordable Care Act

HealthCare.gov is supposed to be mostly fixed by Saturday, but errors in an obscure but crucial form could further disrupt the rollout.

A New Worry Looms Online For The Affordable Care Act

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