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Big Investors Boosting Home Prices, And Not Everyone's Pleased

3.10.14 at 4:45am by Greg Allen

Private equity firms have been snapping up properties in many areas hit hard by the recession. Some analysts are worried those bulk purchases will leave middle-class buyers out in the cold.

Kentucky Southern Baptists Draw Crowds With Gun Giveaways

3.10.14 at 4:45am by Blake Farmer

Blake Farmer

The Kentucky Baptist Convention has found a surefire way for getting people through church doors: free guns. The church raffle events combine dinner, sermons and a Second Amendment message.

SXSW: Snowden Speech Has Conference Buzzing, Congressman Stewing

3.10.14 at 4:45am by Elise Hu

Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden will take questions from South By Southwest attendees via videoconference Monday. A Kansas congressman wants SXSW to rescind the invitation.

The '60s Are Gone, But Psychedelic Research Trip Continues

3.9.14 at 7:30pm by NPR Staff

Since the 1970s, hallucinogens have been classified as Schedule I drugs, indicating they have no medical use. But researchers say there are benefits and that work must continue.

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