• Is this the twilight of the vulture funds? Sidney-winner Jina Moore investigates.

• Congratulations to all the winners of the 2013 IRE Awards, especially Sidney-winner Megan Twohey.

• Hobby Lobby claims to have a sincere religious belief that IUDs and emergency contraception are wrong, but the company’s retirement plan invests in the makers of those products.

• 13 people die because of faulty G.M. parts, and G.M. gives the cold shoulder to their families.

• The Belabored podcast discusses the recent NLRB ruling declaring student athletes to be employees. (Segment begins 9:50 into the show.)

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