STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It's only a matter of days until the Super Bowl, and if you're counting down to the halftime show, this story is for you. (SOUNDBITE OF SUPER BOWL XLIX HALFTIME SHOW) KATY PERRY: (Singing) You make me feel like I'm living a teena

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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Lin-Manuel Miranda was watching Hurricane Maria devastate Puerto Rico and was moved to help. The genius behind the musical Hamilton, writing songs is Miranda's specialty. The result, a new song called Almost Like Praying. A

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Addressing parliament Thursday, Prime Minister Gordon Brown unveiled the specifics of next year's British military withdrawal from Iraq after what will be six years of deployment. Gordon Brown has rejected an early inquiry into why his country went

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New Report Finds Pre-Term Birth is Greatest Risk for Newborns Henry, is a beautiful baby who was in his mother's womb for just 26 weeks, far short of the normal gestation period of 40 weeks. Henry came into the world weighing just under 1,000 grams,

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Heston's 'Warm Human, Cold World' Showcases Caribbean Influences Hestons introduction to the music world came through a radio in his native Dominica. He says he gained an appreciation for singing and songwriting after years of listening to the island

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The comedian Patton Oswalt has starred in TV and movies like the sitcom The King of Queens and the animated film Ratatouille. He got his start in standup comedy. And he told me he always thinks of that work as issues of a magazine.

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NOEL KING, HOST: All right, we know that giving your mental muscles a workout can help keep your brain sharp as you get older. The question is what does that workout look like? Is it crossword puzzles? Is it computer games? To find out, NPR's Jon Ham

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By Jeffrey Young Washington 14 December 2007 The central U.S. state of Iowa, and several other states, have an alternative way to select presidential nominees for the Democratic and Republican parties. In this segment of How America Elects, VOA's Jef

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French Class Connects Haitian Children with Their Heritage The U.S. state of Florida is home to one of the largest Haitian communities outside the Caribbean nation. The city of Miami even has a neighborhood known as Little Haiti, where Haitians maint

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By David McAlary Washington 16 January 2007 South Asians make up 1/4 of the world's population. Researchers have known that they tend to have heart attacks at earlier ages than people from other parts of the world. Now they have identified the reason

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