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To Find Insider Trading, Follow The Kids' Money

NPR Headlines - April 8, 2013 - 11:56pm

Sociologists tracked stock trades in Finland and found that accounts belonging to chlldren under 10 years old wildly outperformed the accounts of adults.

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Louisville Beats Michigan 82-76 For NCAA Title

NPR Headlines - April 8, 2013 - 8:52pm

Luke Hancock made all five of his 3-pointers and led Louisville to its first NCAA men's basketball championship since 1986 with a 82-76 victory over Michigan on Monday night. Coach Rick Pitino added this title to the one he won at Kentucky in 1996 and is the first coach to win a championship at two schools.

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VIDEO: Obama's passionate plea for gun control

BBC Top Stories - April 8, 2013 - 7:17pm
Speaking at the University of Hartford, a hour from Newtown, where 26 died in school massacre in December, Mr Obama said citizens must demand action.

VIDEO: Manet exhibition to hit cinemas

BBC Top Stories - April 8, 2013 - 4:05pm
The Royal Academy's biggest exhibition of Manet's work in the UK has been made into a film to be broadcast in 29 countries in a live simulcast in April.

VIDEO: Nepal's rhino protectors

BBC Top Stories - April 8, 2013 - 4:05pm
BBC reporter Anbarasan Ethirajan joins an anti-poaching patrol in Nepal which aims to protect one-horned rhinoceroses

VIDEO: Alpacas protect new-born lambs

BBC Top Stories - April 8, 2013 - 1:49pm
A farm in Berkshire has brought in an unusual security team to guard its new-born lambs - four alpacas.

VIDEO: Two convicted in torture case murder

BBC Top Stories - April 8, 2013 - 11:32am
Two men have been jailed for life for abducting, torturing and murdering missing businesswoman Lynda Spence.

VIDEO: Mixed reaction to Thatcher's death

BBC Top Stories - April 8, 2013 - 10:06am
There has been a mixed reaction to the news of Baroness Thatcher's death at the age of 87.

VIDEO: Then and now: Thatcher's legacy

BBC Top Stories - April 8, 2013 - 7:20am
Margaret Thatcher transformed Britain's economy with pioneering policies that included the privatisation of state run industries and the sell-off of council houses.

VIDEO: Cameron: Lady Thatcher 'saved our country'

BBC Top Stories - April 8, 2013 - 6:27am
Prime Minister David Cameron praises Baroness Thatcher, who has died at the age of 87, as ''the greatest British peacetime prime minister''.

Margaret Thatcher's Life And Legacy In Britain

NPR Headlines - April 8, 2013 - 6:03am

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died Monday at age 87. Known as the Iron Lady, Thatcher was the leader of Britain's conservatives from 1979 to 1990.

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VIDEO: Thatcher: In her own words

BBC Top Stories - April 8, 2013 - 5:54am
Lady Margaret Thatcher in her own words, from her arrival at Downing Street, to her departure from it.

Britain's Iron Lady, Former Prime Minister Thatcher, Dies

NPR Headlines - April 8, 2013 - 5:51am

Despite many accomplishments during her 11 years in office, she was a divisive figure, and there is still much bitterness surrounding the woman who was dubbed the Iron Lady. Margaret Thatcher died Monday at age 87.

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Top Stories: Thatcher's Death; Kerry's Trip To Mideast

NPR Headlines - April 8, 2013 - 5:48am

Also: Debate on gun laws continues in Washington; North Korea vows to shut jointly run factories; men's and women's college basketball championship games set.

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VIDEO: Thatcher: 'A woman who shaped events'

BBC Top Stories - April 8, 2013 - 5:41am
Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher has died following a stroke, her spokesman has said.

AUDIO: Thatcher 'UK's greatest prime minister'

BBC Top Stories - April 8, 2013 - 5:29am
Baroness Thatcher, who has died at 87, will be "remembered as the greatest prime minister we've had", her friend and colleague Lord Bell tells BBC Radio 4.

VIDEO: Topless women in anti-Putin demo

BBC Top Stories - April 8, 2013 - 5:21am
Topless women protesters in Germany have shouted at Russian president Vladimir Putin as he toured a trade fair in Germany.

VIDEO: Ex-Prime Minister Thatcher dies

BBC Top Stories - April 8, 2013 - 5:18am
Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher has died at 87 following a stroke, her spokesman has said.

VIDEO: Obituary: Baroness Thatcher

BBC Top Stories - April 8, 2013 - 5:09am
Nick Robinson looks back at the life of the former Conservative Prime Minister, Baroness Margaret Thatcher.

Former British Prime Minister Thatcher Dies

NPR Headlines - April 8, 2013 - 5:05am

The "Iron Lady" was 87. A spokesman says she died Monday following a stroke. She became prime minister in 1979 and led Britain for 11 years. She stood with President Reagan against communism and broke Britain's trade union movement. Thatcher is a hero to conservatives.

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