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Npr: Iraq

9th - 10th
The NPR page that is updated daily with news and indepth stories on Iraq. Includes analysis and audio.
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Npr: Listening to My Father

9th - 10th
A touching story from a son of a Vietnam vet. Content gives an inside look at a family that had to deal with the day to day toll of a war.
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Npr: Kate Nolan, Wwii Combat Nurse

9th - 10th
A personal memoir of an Army nurse, Katherine F. Nolan, describes the Christmas of 1944 when she and her fellow nurses set up a makeshift hospital to tend to the wounded.
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Npr: Germans Mark Bitter Wwii Anniversary

9th - 10th
This NPR site includes many interesting links about D-Day. Be sure to click on the Photo Gallery for D-Day pictures and to hear Eisenhower's statement to Allied forces.
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Npr: e.l. Doctorow on Rhythm and Writing

9th - 10th
An interview with author E. L. Doctorow in which he discusses how he decided to become a writer and how he learned to hear music in words. Links to other NPR reports about his writing, as well as to other sites about Doctorow.
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Npr: Teresa Heinz Kerry, Uncensored

9th - 10th
NPR offers an audio presentation of a candid interview with Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Senator John Kerry.
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Npr: Gulf of Tonkin's Phantom Attack

9th - 10th
NPR considers the incidents and reporting surrounding the Gulf of Tonkin incident forty years after the actual event, a military encounter at sea that escalated U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
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Npr: Global Warming Tied to Heat Wave: Lawsuits Loom

9th - 10th
In a program dated December 1, 2004, All Things Considered on NPR explored the linkage between global warming and Europe's killer heat wave of 2003. If the studies are correct, they could be used in court cases against utilities that...
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Npr: News: Archive: Tv Networks Refuse to Run Church Ad

9th - 10th
This 2004 article reports on how CBS and NBC refused to air a commercial for the United Church of Christ. The networks claimed that the ad, intended to invite gays and lesbians into the church, was too controversial.
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Npr: Heroin in America

9th - 10th
Listen to this 5-part report on heroin addiction in the United States presented by National Public Radio. Includes interviews with family members of addicts, information about community programs to help addicts, insight into the...
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Npr: Coretta Scott King Dies at 78

9th - 10th
NPR pays a tribute to Coretta Scott King, wife of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., who was a leader in the movement herself. Pictures, excerpts from speeches and interviews, biographical information, and links to other...
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Npr: The State of the Union

9th - 10th
NPR takes a look at President George W. Bush's 2006 State of the Union address and offers its analysis of key themes. Provides excerpts, reactions, and links to other NPR articles on this topic.
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Npr: Gas Prices and Irrational Consumer Expectations

9th - 10th
Captivating story on the psychology of the gas price increases. A number of consumer psychologists contend that it isn't the gas prices that are upsetting consumers, it is the fact consumers feel they are not getting a good deal. Very...
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Npr: Shopping for the Consumer Price Index

9th - 10th
Descriptions, examples, and a calculator to study inflation between any years from 1913 through 2006. (July 19, 2006)
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Npr: In a Forest's Breath, Deciphering Climate Clues

9th - 10th
Find out how climate change is affecting the forests in New England.
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Npr: The South Asia Earthquake

9th - 10th
An on-going website that updates information on conditions and relief efforts to the victims of the South Asia earthquake.
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Npr: The Resurgence of Russia

9th - 10th
A March, 2007 five part series from NPR that looks at Russian foreign policy, Vladimir Putin as throw back to Cold War leadership, human rights, democracy in Russia, and U.S.-Russian relations.
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Npr: Fresh Air: The Politics of Passing 1964's Civil Rights Act

9th - 10th
Listen to or read the transcript of the interview Terry Gross of NPR had with the author of An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Two Presidents, Two Parties and the Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a book describing the background and...
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Npr: Latin America's Oil Legacy

9th - 10th
Audio story about the oil economy in Latin America. Learn about the impact of oil on the economies of Ecuador, Venezuela, and Peru.
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Npr: Honky Tonks, Hymns and the Blues

9th - 10th
Audio story focuses on the unique traditions in American music including country music, blues, and gospel.
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Npr: Darfur Violence Through the Eyes of Children

9th - 10th
War and genocide as seen through the eyes of children. In the refugee camps, the children were given crayons and paper and drew what they saw occurring in their villages.
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Npr: Remembering the Berlin Airlift, 60 Years Later

9th - 10th
NPR offers a brief historic glimpse of the Berlin Airlift. The site includes photos as well as an audio segment in which NPR correspondent Kyle James reflects on what occurred during the Berlin Airlift. (September 14, 2008)
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Npr: The Beautiful 'Corpse' Flower

9th - 10th
This web-article is about the blooming of the Titan Arum, also known as the 'corpse flower' because of its smell. Read all about the flower and see pictures of the unusual plant.
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Npr: Weighing Hubble's Future

9th - 10th
The Hubble Space Telescope has provided the world with incredible information that has helped formulate our knowledge of the universe. This telescope will soon be retired and replaced by a newer, more powerful telescope. Read about the...