How will deadly Spanish train crash affect high-speed rail plans in CA?; Law enforcement biker clubs causing trouble of their own; How does Google's Chromecast compare to competitors?; Despite need, no plans to add veterans health centers colleges; Could a beetle cause a world without avocados?; 'The End of Night' sheds light on the importance of natural darkness, plus much more.
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Close to 80 people were killed after a train in northern Spain flew off the rails and crashed into a security wall. The eight-carriage train was going well beyond the 50-mile per hour speed limit.
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• 7:05
The 217-205 vote was also the first real test of political sentiment for the NSA's activities. For more we're joined by Phil Ewing, defense editor at POLITICO
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• 5:37
There's a new type of biker gang on the scene, and they go by names like the Iron Brotherhood, the Blue Knights or the Reapers.
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• 5:25
Many veterans sign up for the military with the hope of using the GI Bill afterwards to pay for college. But combat injuries like PTSD and brain trauma can make it hard for them to transition from the battlefield to the classroom.
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• 3:32
Sequestration cuts are starting to be felt all around the country and Indian reservations are being hit particularly hard. From the Fronteras Desk, Laurel Morales reports.
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• 7:35
Its stock has improved since 2012, but the company was still believed to be doing average at best over the past year. That was until yesterday, when Facebook released their second quarter earnings and promptly saw their stock go up 25 percent.
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• 4:56
Google debuted Chromecast, a device that lets you beam content directly from a device like a phone, tablet or laptop to your television. For $35 it essentially makes any newer TV into a smart TV.
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• 10:48
Time for State of Affairs, our look at politics throughout California with KPCC's political reporters Frank Stoltze and Alice Walton.
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• 3:28
Among the changes on the table are ending Saturday mail delivery and no longer having postal carriers bring mail to citizens' doors.
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• 9:34
Across the United States, true, natural darkness is actually endangered. It no longer exists east of the Mississippi, and can only be found in small pockets throughout the Western states.
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• 5:40
There is a worldwide threat to chips and dip now, as a deadly fungus threatens avocado trees both in California and around the world.
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• 11:18
On this week’s Picture This, Take Two’s semi-regular conversations with photographers, we’ll talk to a father and son duo, Estevan and Eriberto Oriol. They recently had a combined exhibit entitled, “Like Father, Like Son.”
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Every week we get your weekend conversation starters with Rico Gagliano and Brendan Newnam, the hosts of the Dinner Party Download podcast and radio show.