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The Two-Way
2:21 pm
Fri November 16, 2012

'Call Of Duty: Black Ops II' Sells $500 Million In First 24 Hours

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A screen shot of the video game "Call Of Duty: Black Ops II."

Here's a big number for you today: $500 million.

That's how much the latest installment of the "Call Of Duty" video game, "Black Ops II," raked in the 24 hours following its release.

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It's All Politics
2:09 pm
Fri November 16, 2012

Republican Lock On Florida's Cuban-American Vote May Be Over

Originally published on Fri November 16, 2012 7:07 pm

Author Interviews
12:55 pm
Fri November 16, 2012

Finding 'Life, Death And Hope' In A Mumbai Slum

This interview was originally broadcast on Feb. 8, 2012. On Wednesday, Katherine Boo won the National Book Award for nonfiction for Behind the Beautiful Forevers.

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The Salt
12:54 pm
Fri November 16, 2012

Pig Genome Project May Pave The Way For Better Bacon

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Tenderness, fat content and meat color are targets for breeders hoping to improve the pork on our plates.

Originally published on Fri November 16, 2012 1:12 pm

Could bacon get any tastier?

Pig scientists and breeders say indeed it could, now that the pig genome has been sequenced and a trove of new genetic information is available.

The Swine Genome Sequencing Consortium, an international group of researchers, published their analysis of the genome this week in Nature.

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Shots - Health News
12:51 pm
Fri November 16, 2012

Mental Disorders And Evolution: What Would Darwin Say About Schizophrenia?

Originally published on Sat November 17, 2012 5:36 am

It's a question that's baffled evolutionary theorists for decades: if survival of the fittest is the rule, how have the genes that contribute to serious, debilitating mental disorders survived?

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