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NPR 2010-03-30

President Obama is joining other world leaders in condemning todays suicide bomb attacks on the Moscow subway system, attacks that killed at least 38 people and injured dozens of others. Mr. Obama is calling the bombings heinous terrorist acts. He sp

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CNN 2010-09-22

Well, as you learn in life science and then later on in biology, different species have different features. And if you were an expert -- and some of you will be one day -- you'll be able look at the different whales and know which one is which. But s

CNN 2010-03-15

WHITFIELD: A dismal economy eating away at school budgets. Now, a Kansas City Missouri school district makes a drastic move. The school board has narrowly approved a plan to close almost half of the district's 61 schools in an urban area of the city.

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