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The economic indicators may all say the United States is out of recession, but the situation in the real world is a mixed bag. NPR's Robert Siegel travelled to Chillicothe, Ohio, a city that has seen ups and downs during the past three years.

Dr. Oz isn't the only one whose testing has turned up arsenic in apple juice. But his methods have been challenged, and the Food and Drug Administration maintains the drink remains safe to consume.

In his career as governor of Texas, Rick Perry has raised about half his campaign cash from just 204 big donors. One of them, Harold Simmons, has given Perry roughly $3 million of support. And in recent years, Simmons' company has gotten a license to operate a radioactive waste site, despite environmental concerns.

President Obama will visit the Brent Spence Bridge, which runs between Ohio and Kentucky on one of the nation's busiest trucking routes, to push his jobs creation plan next week. Officials estimate it will cost $2.4 billion to reconfigure the bridge. The question remains: Who will pay?

The company has pledged to reduce its calorie and sodium footprints with a goal of 10 percent reduction over the next five years and 20 percent in the next decade. It says its restaurants will also downsize meal portions.

The government was trying to dispel a country-wide rumor that a call from 09141 would result in death. The rumor is the result of the latest text message campaign.

The incumbent, Lars Loekke Rasmussen, conceded defeat with nearly all the votes counted. Thorning-Schmidt won on a platform that seeks to avoid some of the country's planned austerity measures.

Jane Lynch tells David Greene that her career got a giant boost from a Frosted Flakes commercial, and her personal life benefited enormously from a letter she wrote and thought she might never choose to send.

Fear can wreck a banking system and cause havoc in an economy. That's why the recent worries about big French banks are so important, and so scary.

Ice on the Arctic Ocean has melted to its second-lowest level on record. The summertime melt coincides with a dramatic warming over the past decade, and it's already affecting wildlife in the area.