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House Approves Sandy Aid, Senate Votes Next

By Tamara Keith

Originally published on Wed January 16, 2013 10:07 am

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Victims of Hurricane Sandy are one step closer to getting a major infusion of federal disaster aid after a long delay. Last night, the House approved a $50 billion assistance package.

NPR congressional correspondent Tamara Keith reports.

2:07 am

Wed January 16, 2013

The Fight Over Herbalife

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Originally published on Wed January 16, 2013 5:34 pm

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Herbalife, a company that sells weight loss shakes, vitamins and other similar products, is worth billions of dollars. The company has been around for more than 30 years, and it's traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

Bill Ackman thinks the whole thing is a pyramid scheme.

Ackman manages a hedge fund that has shorted more than a billion dollars' worth of Herbalife stock. If the stock falls — and Ackman says he thinks it will fall all the way to zero — the fund will make money.

2:05 am

Wed January 16, 2013

After Tragedy, Nonbelievers Find Other Ways To Cope

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Carol Fiore's husband, Eric, died after the plane he was test-piloting crashed in Wichita, Kan., 12 years ago. An atheist, Carol felt no comfort when religious people told her Eric was in a better place.

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When Mari Bailey's son, Michael, was killed by an acquaintance in Phoenix in 2004, she lost not only her son but her faith as well.

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Carol Fiore's husband, Eric, died after the plane he was test-piloting crashed in Wichita, Kan., 12 years ago. An atheist, Fiore felt no comfort when religious people told her Eric was in a better place.

By Barbara Bradley Hagerty

Originally published on Wed January 16, 2013 12:34 pm

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The Mile High Gliding facility at the Boulder Airport in Colorado is one of Carol Fiore's favorite haunts. And it's a perfect day for flying: clear, breezy and with a gorgeous view of the Rocky Mountains.

Fiore used to fly gliders regularly, but a few years ago she stopped. Flying them had become painful.

"I felt, in a way, that I was searching for something that wasn't there," Fiore says. "I was looking for that laughter and that incredible time that I had flying with Eric, and he wasn't in the plane with me. I was by myself."

2:04 am

Wed January 16, 2013

Whole Foods Founder John Mackey On Fascism and 'Conscious Capitalism'

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Whole Foods has more than 300 stores and continues to expand.

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John Mackey is co-CEO and co-founder of Whole Foods Market and co-founder of the nonprofit Conscious Capitalism, Inc.

By April Fulton

Originally published on Thu January 17, 2013 2:51 pm

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UPDATE at 12:35 p.m., ET, Jan. 17: Many of you wrote in to tell us you were taken aback by Whole Foods top executive John Mackey characterizing the health law as fascism in an NPR interview, and apparently, he's feeling a little sheepish.

About three minutes into his otherwise amiable chat with CBS This Morning hosts on on Thursday, Mackey walked back his comments in response to a direct question from Norah O'Donnell:

1:09 am

Wed January 16, 2013

'It's About Time': Facebook Reveals New Search Feature

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on Tuesday.

By Laura Sydell

Originally published on Wed January 16, 2013 7:47 am

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Facebook has launched a new feature that will let its users search for more detailed information across the social network. Soon, you'll be able to find the restaurants and TV shows your friends like or see every picture they've taken at the Grand Canyon.

As much as users may like the new features, the company hasn't exactly been a Wall Street darling. So, the new feature may be less about you and me and more about Facebook's bottom line.

"It's about time," Nate Elliott, an analyst at Forrester Research, said about the new feature. "It should have been there all along."

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