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Unprecedented: Northwest heat wave builds, records fall

Environment

Officials are describing the historic heat wave hitting Canada and across the Pacific Northwest as intense and dangerous, pushing daytime temperatures into the triple digits breaking all-time high temperature records in places unaccustomed to such extreme heat.

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I’m the great-great-great-great-grandchild of immigrants — but not everyone in my family wants to hear that history

Culture
Beer buyers contemplate their choices at The Beer Stein in Eugene, Oregon. Many of those choices are brewed by Oregon's 171 craft breweries.

How Oregon became a paradise for beer drinkers

Lifestyle & Belief
Beer buyers contemplate their choices at The Beer Stein in Eugene, Oregon. Many of those choices are brewed by Oregon's 171 craft breweries.

How Oregon became a paradise for beer drinkers

Lifestyle & Belief

States struggle with highway shoulders as resistance to herbicides mounts

Environment

New study shows federal investment in bike infrastructure paying off

Business, Economics and Jobs

May is National Bike Month, a month promoting cycling as a transportation alternative. New data show dramatic increases in bicycle use over the past decade in cities across the country. The data also revealed economic savings from bike commuting.

Is Empathy Inherited or Taught? Listeners Respond

Is empathy inherited? Is it taught? Dr. Perri Klass shared her thoughts and recent findings with the Takeaway and  listeners are sharing their opinions. Caroline from Detroit says:   “I think empathy comes more naturally to kids and we have to be retaught it as we get older.” Bruce from the Florida Keys agrees:   “Empathy like sociopathy […]

London 2012: Coin Flip May Decide Fate of Two US Athletes for Olympics

Sports

A coin flip may decide the fate of two athletes trying for Olympics as their race ended up in a photo finish.

The World

Team CoCo headed to cable and TBS, by way of Eugene, Ore.

Arts, Culture & Media

Conan O’Brien might be legally prohibited from being funny on television (for now) but yesterday ‘Team CoCo’ announced O’Brien will be heading back to TV on TBS this November.