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NPR 2009-6-18

President Obama today called for a new consumer protection agency as part of his sweeping effort to rewrite the financial rules of the road and avoid future economic meltdowns. NPR's John Ydstie reports. Speaking to an audience in the East Room of th

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NPR 2010-05-02

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NPR 2010-03-07

At least three people were killed today when a car bomb exploded near a bus for pilgrims in the Shiite holy city of Najaf. Insurgents are blamed for dozens of other deaths in the Iraqi cities in the run-up to tomorrow's national elections. Hundreds o

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. An exciting start to the college football season: A team that many people never heard of defeats one of the best in the country. A Michigan player catches the ball, but Appalachian State captured the

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