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NPR 2011-07-10

Despite threats of retaliation from Muammar Gaddafi, NATO this weekend continued its assaults on government positions inside Libya. Reporting from Tripoli, NPR's Corey Flintoff reports rebels have been trying to push toward the capital city, but they

NPR 2011-08-09

A brutal day on Wall Street with US stocks plunging as Standard Poor's did another downgrade this time on mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The closing bell just a minute to go, the Dow closing down more than 600 points under the 11,000 mar

NPR 2011-10-04

Amanda Knox is walking free. As heard through an interpreter on CNN just moments ago, a judge with the Italian appeals court announced the panel was throwing out the former students murder conviction. So we have overturned. So, knox, Amanda, is free.

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Thanks to Maranda and T for today's ireport introduction.I'm C.A.Today's CNN student news is reporting on Syria,storms ,sugar and a super committee. First up,we're heading to Afghanistan.There're more than 100,000 NATO troops in that country.Most of

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First up,today president Obama announced a new plane for some changes to the US military.President's idea is for the military to be liner and cheaper.the country's recent economic problems and the governemnt's budget concerns are party of this.Offici

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Hi there, I'm Virginia Cha at the CNN center in Atlanta with a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. A missing soldier's hometown is helping him out by keeping quiet. Pfc Bowe Bergdahl was captured in Afghanistan. This is a footage of him speaki

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CNN 2011-02-05

Well, one government agency is predicting that the U.S. will have a deficit in 2011. A big deficit. In a report that came out yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office, or CBO forecast that the U.S. government will spend $1.5 trillion more than it m