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DAVID GREENE, HOST: In 2003, an obscure, independent film called The Room opened in movie theaters here in LA. It was intended to be a serious melodrama about friendship, love, betrayal. Instead, it was shockingly bad - a baffling storyline, uncomfor

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: In 1997, a bizarre story hit the national news. Thirty-nine people in California had killed themselves by drinking poison. They were dressed identically with identical haircuts, and they were all members of the cult Heaven's Gate.

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Stand Clear Of The Doors: TV Finally Gets On Board With Mass Transit play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0003:47repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your F

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A MARTINEZ, HOST: Growing up in an ultra-religious household can be hard to navigate. I was raised in a strict Pentecostal family, and I remember not being able to go trick-or-treating with my friends on Halloween or not having any sign of Santa Clau

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Dealing with a Mass Transit Strike Marge: Where have you been? You should have been home over two hours ago! Homer: Ive been trying to get home. Havent you been watching the news? The transportation workers union has voted to strike. There was a mass

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A gunman in Texas shot and killed 26 people in a church in the small community of Southerland Springs, Texas on Sunday. At least 20 people were injured in the shooting. Victims included children and the elderly. The suspected gunman is also dead. The

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Charles Manson, one of the most infamous killers in U.S. history, died Sunday at the age of 83. He had spent the last 45 years in prison. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said Manson died of natural causes at a hospital in

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Mass School Shootings Mostly in Small US Towns In the United States, mass school shootings are most likely to happen in small towns and suburban areas. One example is the shooting last week at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas. Ten people died in the

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By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 11 January 2008 Kenya's political opposition says mediation efforts with the government over Kenya's flawed December elections have collapsed and the opposition is now calling for mass rallies across the country next week. Nic

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Female Cult Leader Mesmerizes in Psychological Drama In new sci-fi psychological drama Sound of my Voice, a young female cult leader claims to be from the future. A mysterious figure who lives in a Los Angeles basement, Maggie says she has traveled b

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Olsen Shines in Cult Psychological Thriller Oscar buzz surrounds the star of a new psychological thriller about a young woman who escapes a cult in Martha Marcy May Marlene. Martha is a troubled woman in her 20s when she first meets Patrick, the char

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US Very Concerned About Syrias Sarin Gas The conflict between rebels and the Syrian government is intensifying. Now U.S. officials say there is movement activity around Syrias chemical weapons sites. Experts say it is a dangerous sign that a war invo

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: We now know that the man who killed 26 people in a tiny Texas church on Sunday had been court-martialed and discharged from the Air Force for assaulting his wife and child. And authorities say that Devin Patrick Kelley sent threat

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(SOUNDBITE OF DAN ROMER'S NOW THAT THIS OLD WORLD IS ENDING) ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The award-winning composer Dan Romer is best known for scoring TV shows and films like Beasts Of The Southern Wild. Recently his career took a turn from movies to video g

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: In Thousand Oaks, Calif., Wednesday, 12 people were killed in a Western-themed bar before the shooter is believed to have turned the gun on himself. It has become an all-too-common scene. According to Gun Violence Archive, an ind

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By Sabina Castelfranco Valencia 09 July 2006 Pope Benedict XVI greets Spain's King Juan Carlos, left, and Queen Sofia, center, as he arrives to hold a Mass in Valencia, Spain, Sunday, July 9, 2006 Pope Benedict has ended a lightening visit to Spain

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 11 September 2006 Federal workers in Nigerian are bracing themselves for mass layoffs following a weekend announcement that some 15,000 workers are to be let go this month. Union officials are reacting angrily to the plan a

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By Barbara Schoetzau New York 20 April 2008 Pope Benedict XVI ended his six-day visit to the United States with a jubilant mass at the 57,000-seat Yankee Stadium. From VOA's New York Bureau, correspondent Barbara Schoetzau reports the leader of the w

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China opposes proliferation of weapons of mass destruction: FM spokesman BEIJING, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- China opposes the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei reiterated at a regu

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A mass rally and parade has been held in DPRK's capital a day after the Worker's Party wrapped up its first congress in 36 years. Hundreds of thousands of people were seen marching through the main ceremonial square. Participants in Pyongyang practic

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A-300
acamylophenine
ALGOL dialect
Allium saxatile
aloe ferox will.
ambigu
ambisextrous
anaglyphies
angiomyxomas
Apertura interna aqueductus vestibuli
AShBM
bending moment influence line
black filter
Blumea hieraciifolia
Brenton
bridge type ohmmeter
carbamino compound
cephalochord
characteristic of materials
chrome leather gauntlet
chronic phase
closed half plane
cobalt(ii) fluosilicate
confidence curves
contaction
Cricetulus griseus
crudeform
cyano derivative
damage protection plan
dept-names
domable
elcore
Electrodiathermy
escheve
feeder tube
film version
Gadberry's mixture
Gilmanian
haematology of infection
homeowners
hortensial
hour snail
interior plain
intermediate parallel pack
k section
kellmer
laypeoples
lemon extracts
lerisetron
linearly polarized longitudinal suspension beam
little Ivy
long dash
mancelle
Markuschevich basis
master cave
maximal prime divisor
mean horizontal candles
minimum-loss pad
movillas
musculus pyramidalis auridulae
needle-plate gap
negative amplitude attenuation
Neshoba County
normolized cDNA library
oecophorids
oenologue
oil bath type oil circuit breaker
open port for special use by special zone
parachloroamphetamine
paraxial focus
penillonic acid
pennolene whiteoil
perception of time
Polyphaga
ponytails
portions out
primay jurisdiction
Pyogan
radiometrics
rapid information
reduction period
santokus
scanner aerial image
seismic pickup
Seodaejeon
Serapeum
sinalbins
stack pointer function
tall orders
theory of testing of hypotheses
think'st
tracer aid
unfeignedly
us host
vapours
view cameras
weather and technology trend
Winchester
with unfailing interest
write out a prescription for
ypsilon