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2:14 am
Fri February 3, 2012

No Doubt: U.S. Remains 'Tremendously Influential'

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Originally published on Fri February 3, 2012 9:57 am

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RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:

President Obama's recent State of the Union message contained an answer to Republicans who claim he believes American is in decline.

(SOUNDBITE OF STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS)

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Anyone who tells you that American is in decline or that our influence has waned doesn't know what they're talking about.

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National Security
1:10 am
Fri February 3, 2012

Justice Department Lawyers Play Role In Guantanamo

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Originally published on Fri February 3, 2012 9:57 am

Anyone watching the recent court proceedings in the military commissions at Guantanamo Bay couldn't have helped but notice that several of the lawyers sitting on the prosecution side of the courtroom were not in uniform. That's because two of the five lawyers prosecuting the alleged mastermind of the USS Cole attack aren't members of the military at all: They are lawyers from the Justice Department.

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All Tech Considered
12:16 am
Fri February 3, 2012

Facebook's Early Investors May Have Much To Like

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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who famously created the site at his Harvard dorm room in 2004, owns 28.2 percent of the company. After the IPO, he could be worth $28 billion.
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Dustin Moskovitz (left) was Zuckerberg's roommate at Harvard. His 7.6 percent stake would be worth more than $7 billion.
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Sheryl Sandberg, the Silicon Valley veteran who previously worked at Google, is Facebook's chief operating officer. Her shares could make her more than $2 billion.
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Artist David Choe was paid in stock when he painted the graffiti in Facebook's original office space in Palo Alto, Calif. The New York Times estimates his stake now at more than $200 million.
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PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel was Facebook's first outside investor, paying $500,000 for 2.5 percent of the company. Now, that 2004 investment could net him $2 billion.
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James Breyer's Accel Partners was another early investor. It owns 11.4 percent of Facebook, which could be worth $11 billion.
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Russian CEO Yuri Milner first bought a stake in Facebook three years ago. His company, DST Global, now owns 5.5. percent, which could bring more than $5 billion.
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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who famously created the site at his Harvard dorm room in 2004, owns 28.2 percent of the company. After the IPO, he could be worth $28 billion.
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Originally published on Wed May 23, 2012 8:03 am

Facebook filed to go public this week, and many analysts expect that it will be valued between $75 billion and $100 billion on the day of its initial public offering. That would make Facebook more valuable than GM, Ford and even Goldman Sachs.

What's most remarkable is that the company has barely 3,000 employees, and many of them are about to become very, very rich.

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Shots - Health Blog
9:01 pm
Thu February 2, 2012

Addicts' Brains May Be Wired At Birth For Less Self-Control

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The red areas show gray matter that is abnormally increased in drug users. Blue shows gray matter that is abnormally decreased in drug users. Yellow shows white matter tracts, called fractional anisotropy or FA. FA is significantly reduced in both the drug users and in their siblings, which suggests that the white matter tracts work less efficiently.
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Originally published on Tue February 7, 2012 2:37 pm

Many addicts inherit a brain that has trouble just saying no to drugs.

A study in Science finds that cocaine addicts have abnormalities in areas of the brain involved in self-control. And these abnormalities appear to predate any drug abuse.

The study, done by a team at the University of Cambridge in the U.K., looked at 50 pairs of siblings. One member of each pair was a cocaine addict. The other had no history of drug abuse.

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Your Money
9:01 pm
Thu February 2, 2012

Cheap Chic: Couture Comes To Discount Retailers

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A design by Jason Wu, who will launch a limited-edition line for Target on Feb. 5. Wu is among the latest high-end designers to work with a discount retailer.
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When luxury label Versace launched a collection for H&M last November, customers lined up on the sidewalk to wait for the chain's Washington, D.C., store to open.
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Design house Missoni created this bicycle and other products for Target last year. On the day of the launch, a huge spike in traffic crashed the retailer's website.
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By Asma Khalid

On Feb. 5, fashion designer Jason Wu is launching a limited-edition line for Target. Wu became famous for designing Michelle Obama's inaugural gown. He's the latest high-end designer to partner with a mainstream retailer and offer his chic couture at cheap prices for the masses.

On a bitterly cold morning in Washington, D.C., last November, hundreds of fashionistas flooded the street in front of the low-priced fashion chain H&M. Italian luxury label Versace was launching a collection there, and customers were waiting for the doors to open.

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