I am standing at the North Pole, the very top of the earth. Up here, it's easy to see why the Polar Regions are so cold. The sun never rises high enough in the sky to warm my back. And those rays that do strike the surface are mostly reflected back f

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The sports arena was crowded this morning, Henry noticed as they walked inside with Katya. More athletes and coaches had arrived overnight. A press center had been set up between two sections of bleachers. Men and women with badges that said PRESS wa

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From his window, Henry could see a light that seemed to float across the yard. He raced down the stairs and opened the back door as quickly as he could, hoping to catch the ghost before whoever it was disappeared. The light stopped bobbing across the

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By Alan Silverman In the new comedy by writer/director Alexander Payne, two friends nearing 40 take a holiday in the California wine country and learn some valuable and often very funny lessons about

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Barbara K. Lipska got up one morning, as usual, in the spring of 2015, dyed her hair and went jogging in her suburban Virginia neighborhood - all as usual. So why was her husband, Mirek, so alarmed to see her? BARBARA K. LIPSKA: He

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By Matt Steinglass Ho Chi Minh City 22 February 2007 The renowned Zen Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh has returned to his native Vietnam. Hanh, who has tens of thousands of followers in France and the United States, plans to conduct mass prayer ceremon

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One of the most popular children's stories in modern literature is back on screen in a 3-D version directed by Tim Burton and starring his frequent collaborator, Johnny Depp in the latest version of Alice in Wonderland. Alice's Adventures in Wonderla

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Peace Corps Volunteer Returns to Help Sierra Leone School On the 50th anniversary of the creation of the U.S. Peace Corps, some former volunteers are returning to the countries where they served as teachers, health care workers or agricultural adviso

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U.S. lawmakers returned to work on Monday, after midterm elections that shook the political landscape in favor of Republicans. Members of Congress have a lot of unfinished business to take care of in the remaining weeks of this year, including fundin

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The all-star contemporary jazz group Fourplay recently bid farewell to their longtime guitarist Larry Carlton. But, the four-man band wasted no time finding his replacement and recording a new album. Fourplay isn't known for changing personnel. In fa

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Kerry Returns to Mideast to Press for Talks Kerry returns to the region after talks late last month produced what he called real progress. With a little more work he believes the start of final status negotiations on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: Twenty-five years ago, it seemed all eyes were fixed on Waco. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT) WALTER RODGERS: The federal agents came under heavy and sustained fire as they approached a ranch owned by Texas religious

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Happy birthday! Happy birthday.Jane.Many happy returns. Here's a present for you. Thank you for the wonderful gift. Do you want to open the packages? How about me treating you to a birthday dinner? I would like to invite you to my birthday dinner. He

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The empty 3,000-year-old sarcophagus was at the center of a transfer ceremony as U.S. officials handed over the apparently smuggled artifact to Egypt's chief of antiquities. John Morton is the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for U.S. Immigra

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American missionary Robert Park is seen inside a vehicle after arriving at the Beijing Capital Airport, 6 Feb 2010. His arrival in Beijing came a day after North Korea announced it would free Robert Park. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) The family of an America

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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Sonia Sotomayor stands with her mother Celina Sotomayor and college president Felix Matos Rodriguez at the Hostos Community College's 39th Commencement Ceremony Friday, June 4, 2010 in New Y

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