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Hello. My name is Birke Baehr, and Im 11 years old. I came here today to talk about whats wrong with our food system. First of all, I would like to say that Im really amazed at how easily kids are led to believe all the marketing and advertising on T

CNN 2010-07-22

In India, police say there are no more passengers trapped inside the wreckage of a train that crashed in West Bengal state, at least 60 people reported killed in that crash. It's being blamed right now on a moving train that ploughed into another tha

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SSS 2008-06-10

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I am Cynthia Graber. This'll just take a minute. It might look and even feel like paper, but a new material created by scientists at MIT is designed to be an oil spill super-absorber. This technology d

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It seemed like a good ideabecause rivers and ponds in Bangladesh were contaminated with bacteria, Bangladeshis switched to wells. But soon after, in the early 80s, researchers realized those wells were harming Bangladeshis with a new poisonarsenic. T

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1. A guilty verdict for Lewis Scooter Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney. Libby was convicted of lying and obstructing an investigation into leaks revealing the identity of a CIA agent. He's the highest-ranking White Hous

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Grumpy humans of the world, listen here. According to a new University of Otago study published in the Journal of Positive Psychology, the path to that happy state of mind youve heard so much about requires you get creative ― quite literally, and j

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You receive a promotion and are extremely proud. As the day goes by, you share your great news with your loved ones and find yourself feeling increasingly happy. Fast forward a week later, and although you are still feeling proud, the happiness you i

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The cases of the five suspected al-Qaida militants believed to have planned the September 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States have been formally referred to a military tribunal. The self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid She

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