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NPR 2011-10-06

In a landmark development within stem cell research, scientists say theyve used a cloning technique to make embryonic stem cells that match a patients DNA. The journal Nature highlights a study that shows the potential for using the technology to rep

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President Obama traveled to Montana today to promote his administration's health care initiative, telling an audience at a town hall meeting there that the news media may have bear some of the blame for overemphasis on scenes of angry protesters at

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From NPR News in Washington, Im Renita Jablonsky. President Obama is revising his health overhaul plan to add some Republican proposals. But as NPRs Julie Rovner reports, theyre not likely to win many new votes. Mr. Obama said the changes were prompt

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1. Toyota has announced it will recall more than 400,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles around the globe to fix brake problems. This recall is the latest in a string of embarrassing safety problems at the world's largest automaker. This recall invol

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