The San Francisco zoo has the largest collection of Magellanic penguins this side of the Equator. More than 50 of them live here at the penguin island. But the most famous were Harry and Pepper. The two male penguins were a couple for more than 6 yea

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The mountains are beautiful. But they can be dangerous. Yesterday a mountain lion attacked a woman. The woman was walking on a trail with her friend. The trail was in the mountains. Donna was walking in front of Linda. They were walking uphill on the

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By Alan Silverman Hollywood 18 March 2007 Sandra Bullock stars in a new romantic thriller as a woman caught between what she knows is reality and a nightmare that she fears will come true. Alan Silverman has a look at Premonition. The apparently idy

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THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: President Clintons Legal Problems STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. This week in our series, we continue the story of America's forty-sec

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The third season of American Crime premieres this Sunday on ABC. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, AMERICAN CRIME) UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As character) When they were running crack in the city, they didn't have any Narcan. They let the Mexica

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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: There are times when we can connect surprisingly deeply with a stranger and then never see them again - a missed connection. We've been trying to help some of you connect with people you're trying to find. And today, we bri

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Finally today, Valentine's Day is this week, and it is fitting that we have a love story for you. It is the story of a love forged in the hard work, pain and drama of the dance world, and yet, it endures. Linda Celeste Sims and G

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RAY SUAREZ, HOST: Twenty years ago today, the film Titanic opened in theaters. Titanic the ship sank in 1912. Titanic the movie was a huge success. NPR's pop culture critic Linda Holmes takes us back to 1997. LINDA HOLMES, BYLINE: Titanic eventually

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: We do not know yet if Obamacare will be replaced. As NPR's Pam Fessler reports, one community facing uncertainty are the homeless. PAM FESSLER, BYLINE: Joseph Funn was homeless for almost 20 years, and his body took quite a beatin

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Now we're going to have the time of our lives. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, DIRTY DANCING) COLT PRATTES: (As Johnny Castle) What's your name? ABIGAIL BRESLIN: (As Baby Houseman) Baby. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Oh, yes. Get out. SHAPIRO: ABC is h

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(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) DAVID GREENE, HOST: It is Friday, which means it is time for StoryCorps. And today - a difficult conversation between a mother and daughter. In the spring of 2012, Emily Kwong was a college senior studying in New York, and just b

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The Netflix show Black Mirror has always asked viewers to imagine technology slightly more advanced and more sinister than we have today. Well, this morning Black Mirror dropped an episode that uses a technology most of us haven't

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Next we have the story of Inge Morath, a woman who escaped Nazi Germany, became a glamorous globetrotting photographer and married the playwright Arthur Miller. She's the subject of a biography now, and NPR special correspondent

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