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Storytellers Offer Entertaining Lessons Linda Gorham is a storyteller whose stories come alive through sounds, rhythms and the repetition of words. Gorham, who routinely performs before large groups of children, believes storytelling is a powerful te

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iOS 11 Offers New Features for iPhones, iPads Last week Apple released iOS 11, the update to its mobile operating system for iPhone and iPad. This update has features that may make your current device feel like a new one. iOS 11 is free to download n

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CNN 2009-09-24

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 19 September 2006 Orange County, California, is known for surfing, swimming and its famous Disneyland theme park, but the suburban region south of Los Angeles is also becoming a cultural center. A new Orange County con

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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 12 October 2006 The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization on Thursday inaugurated a new Crisis Management Center to fight avian influenza outbreaks and other major animal health or food health-related emergenci

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China has dismissed four officials over a stampede at a mosque in the country's northwest region that left 14 people dead. The Sunday tragedy in Xiji county of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region is blamed on poor organization and management. It happen

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