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A $1 million court-ordered air pollution monitoring program is kicking into gear this month near the Bullseye Glass facility in southeast Portland.

The daily effects of strong winds, large waves, as well as rising sea levels — which are fueled by human-caused climate change — are causing beaches on the Outer Banks to wash away.

A British court ruled today that a pair of conjoined twins must be separated. Separating them will kill one of the twins. They only have one heart. The parents of the twins are devout Roman Catholics and oppose separating them, they may appeal to the House of Lords or the European Court of Human Rights. We hear a report from the BBC's John Duce.

Kathleen Edwards is a Canadian singer-songwriter who pairs stark lyrics with instrumentals that are sometimes surprisingly upbeat. Meredith Ochs reviews her debut album Failer.

Host Bob Edwards talks with radio producer Larry Josephson, about the classic comedy skits of radio personalities Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding. Josephson has reissued a CD with a sampling of the pair's sketches, in honor of Bob Elliott's 80th birthday.

A pair of systematic reviews looking at digital monitoring of patients found a mixed bag in terms of effectiveness, with most interventions showing no benefit over conventional treatment.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on a pair of ballot initiatives aimed at limiting the development of new office buildings in San Francisco. The measures were motivated by the expansion of many dot-com businesses into a neighborhood that has been home to low income Latinos and artists.

The earthquake only lasted about 20 seconds, but in that time it killed 72 people and injured thousands.

Republicans have lashed out at the NCAA after it decided to pull seven championship events from the state because of a law limiting civil rights protection for LGBT individuals.

The court's action means that specific parts of Kelli Ward's phone records will be turned over to the House committee investigating the attack on the Capitol.