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Npr: Gettysburg's Hallowed Ground
This interesting NPR article reviews a book by James McPherson about the Gettysburg battlefield on the 140th anniversary of the battle. There are links to photo galleries and other related articles as the Battle of Gettysburg is remembered!
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Npr: Retelling the Tale of the Light Brigade
Listen to a National Public Radio broadcast aired on the 150th anniversary of the charge of the Light Brigade. The segment includes an interview with Crimean War historian Terry Brighton, a reading of Tennyson's famous "Charge of the...
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Npr: Immigrant Detainees Tell of Attack Dogs and Abuse
NPR takes a hard look at the treatment given to immigrant detainees while held by the U.S. Government. 11/2004
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Npr: The Great American Opera: "Porky and Bess"
Opera or musical? Read some interesting background on "Porky and Bess" by George Gershwin, then listen to an audio presentation on "The Great American Opera". [1:18]
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Npr: Does the Internet Undermine Culture?
A look at the ways in which the Internet may threaten the values and the creativity of our society.
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Npr: Tone Shifting in Abortion Rights Movement
A 2006 article examining the debate on legal abortions. Includes both pro-choice and pro-life points of view.
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Npr: In the Hands of a Master, the Ukulele Is No Toy
A profile of contemporary ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro. Includes links to audio samples of both traditional and nontraditional ukulele music.
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Npr: Dinosaurs With Feathers, or Primitive Birds?
NPR reports on an exhibit at San Diego's Natural History Museum, which features 120-million-year-old fossils discovered in northeastern China that reveal a link between birds and dinosaurs.
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Npr: Paper Casts Doubt on Dinosaur Death Theory
Some scientists are challenging the conventional wisdom that dinosaurs abruptly disappeared because of a huge crater created by an extraterrestrial impact in the Gulf of Mexico. Find out about this challenge and what they're saying about...
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Npr: Digging for Dinosaurs in Antarctica
Did dinosaurs once survive on Antarctica, the most remote and inhospitable place on earth? This concise site provides the answer.
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Npr: Four Winged Dinosaur Discovered
NPR reports on a team of Chinese paleontologists that discovered the fossilized remains of a small flying dinosaur with four wings.
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Npr: The Haunted Elk Hotel
Listen to a story about an old Sutton, West Virginia, a hotel that is believed to be haunted.
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Npr: A Guinea Pig the Size of a Horse
This site is provided for by National Public Radio. A seven foot tall rodent that weighs nearly one ton seems like something out of the movies, but researchers have found a skeleton of a rodent the size of a horse. Read about this...