Jason Fuller
Stories
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How a gift of $50 was life-changing for this daughter of a Miami taxi driver
A daughter tells a story about her father, a taxi driver in Miami, who talked up her ambition to a repeat customer and got $50 specifically for her -- just enough for a life-changing opportunity.
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First HBCU D1 women's wrestlers compete at first national women's college wrestling championship
It's a weekend of firsts in Iowa, where the first national women's college wrestling championship is taking place and the first HBCU Division 1 women's wrestling team is fielding players.
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Volunteers help make up the difference after national parks service cuts
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the busiest National park in the U.S., but with the park service cutting nearly a quarter of all positions last year, volunteers have made up the difference.
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When the Olympic record is your age! Meet 54-year-old Minnesotan Rich Ruohonen
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with the 54-year-old curler, Rich Ruohonen, the oldest American Winter Olympian to ever compete
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The 'Zipper Queen' volunteers at repair cafes to restore busted zippers
Michelle Elise is known in repair cafe circles as the "Zipper Queen." She finds that most broken zippers just need some TLC, not replacing.
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Can Republicans and Democrats find common ground on DHS funding?
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., about current congressional negotiations regarding funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
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Sidewalk delivery robots are colonizing city sidewalks and raising concerns
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Ainsley Harris, senior writer at Fast Company, about the accelerated rollout of delivery robots and how they're being received in communities across the country.
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Get ready for the Olympic halfpipe
To get ready to watch the Winter Olympics, we talk to former Olympian Tricia Byrnes about some snow boarding terminology.
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Not so fast, Bill Belichick
NPR's Scott Detrow talks to Dan Shaughnessy, a Boston Globe sports columnist, about Bill Belichick not getting enough votes to be inducted into the NFL's Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.
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College football's underdog this season: Trinidad Chambliss
Between pre-game prayers with his mom and spectacular throwing arm talent, Trinidad Chambliss' underdog college football story this season has excited fans across the country.