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Host Stephen Dubner has surprising conversations that explore the riddles of everyday life and the weird wrinkles of human nature-from cheating and crime to parenting and sports. Dubner talks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, social scientists and entrepreneurs - and his Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt.

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 This photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, on Sunday, June 9, 2013, in Hong Kong. (The Guardian/AP Photo)
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Edward Snowden: Patriot? Traitor? Traitorous patriot? Patriotic traitor?

So what do we think of Edward Snowden now? Thumbs up or down? White hat or black hat? Three cheers or Bronx cheer?  NBC News ...

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The Delaware Joint Finance Committee completed two weeks of budget mark-ups in order find ways to reduce the governor’s recommended bud ...

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Jostling for attention between two other major works, a new sculpture has taken its place along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadel ...

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Delaware Treasurer Chip Flowers has thrown the first punch ahead of what could be a knock-down, drag-out fight for the Democratic nominat ...

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If you’re among the high percentage of renters in Philadelphia, then you should know your rights. Why? Because if you’re as u ...

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