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WPRB News is going on summer vacation, but we still have a couple stories up our collective sleeve. Check back in the coming weeks for fresh content, including our

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In January 2010, a graduate student named Haisong Jiang crossed a Newark Airport security line in order to say goodbye to his girlfriend one last time. In March, he

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In New Jersey, the re-arrest (recidivism) rate for adult offenders is about 55%. We’ve got a lot of people ending up in jail more than once here—about 31% of all

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We interview former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer on the Obama administration's new approach to policy making in the Middle East, Israeli-Palestinian relations, and the future of the two-state

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We discuss with Princeton Professor Edward Felten the recent hacking of American companies from within China, cyberattacks more broadly, and the United States's cybersecurity capability. Recorded March 4. Photo credit:

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Princeton Professor of Chemical Engineering, Yueh-Lin Loo, joins us to talk about "conducting polymers," the exciting field of "plastic electronics," and the new technique she invented that allows scientists to

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Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced that his country will convert their nuclear research reactor to using low enriched uranium as part of a global effort to secure weapons-grade nuclear materials.

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After a profitable opening day at the Nuclear Security Summit, President Obama hopes for further gains in promoting an international cooperative effort to secure fissile materials. Yesterday, Ukraine announced

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