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China Abolishes Long-Standing One-Child Policy

By editor • Oct 29, 2015

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China announced today that it is ending its one child policy. That policy has been blamed for many abuses over the years. All Chinese families will now be allowed to have two children. NPR's Anthony Kuhn is in Beijing and on the line with us. Good morning.

OK Google: Where Do You Store Recordings Of My Commands?

By editor • Oct 29, 2015

Sure, our smartphones know a lot about who we are.

If you have an Android smartphone, you may not know that Google saves all of the voice commands you give it. They're archived online in your Google account.

Spot A Yeti While Climbing? Here's What To Do

By Renee Montagne • Oct 29, 2015

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Batman Painting Once Traded For Comics Sells For $173,000

By Steve Inskeep • Oct 29, 2015

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Proposed Cameras At Jerusalem Shrine Put The Focus On Mutual Mistrust

By Emily Harris • Oct 29, 2015

Israel already uses surveillance cameras to peer into the Temple Mount, as it is called by Jews, or the Al-Aqsa mosque, as it is commonly referred to by Muslims. But no cameras are actually inside the Old City compound, and no footage is shared between Israeli security agencies and the Muslim religious authority that runs the site sacred to both faiths.

Now a project is underway to change that, putting 24-hour surveillance cameras in the compound and, at some point, streaming video from there onto the Internet.