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Gov. Markell: Hiring More People With Disabilities Is Good for the Bottom Line (August 2, 2013)
A new report from the National Governor's Association says states should do more to employ the 54 million Americans living with a disability, among whom only 20 percent are currently employed or looking for a job. Judy Woodruff...
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How This Thai Educational Movement Empowers Rural Students
More and more in Thailand, rural students learn in traditional classrooms, but with an emphasis on hands-on activities. The idea is to empower young villagers to bring economic development to their communities, as well as learn...
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Children of color with autism face disparities of care and isolation
African-American children are often diagnosed with autism at older ages than white children, missing years of potential intervention and treatment. Special correspondent John Donvan and producer Karen Zucker meet a black family who...
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Inmates get federal grants for higher ed in experimental progam
In a pilot project announced this summer, the Department of Education will partner with dozens of colleges to provide higher education to prisoners who can't afford to pay; eligible inmates will be able to apply for federal grants under...
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"Trust Exercise" Author Susan Choi On Power Dynamics And Timely Fiction
Susan Choi’s novel “Trust Exercise” takes place in a high school for the performing arts in an unnamed southern city. But the subjects examined, including consent, power and memory, are universally relevant. “Trust Exercise” won the 2019...
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Dream 'Remembered (August 28, 2003)
A panel of historians and activists reflect on the historic 1963 March on Washington and the enduring significance of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.
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Artists find inspiration in nature and history of Everglades National Park
Artists have long taken to the outdoors to do their work. Now, a new program, Artist in Residence in Everglades (AIRIE), puts a new emphasis on that important synergy. Jeffrey Brown visited Everglades National Park to see how artists are...
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Uneasy Peace Takes Hold In Contested Region Of Azerbaijan
Ethnic-Armenian forces last week handed over two regions to Azerbaijani
control as part of Russia-brokered armistice that ended the six-week war
over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Moscow has sent peacekeepers to the
ethnic-Armenian...
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JP Morgan agrees $13 billion settlement with government - said to be biggest ever
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay 13 billion dollars in a landmark settlement after it acknowledged that it misled investors about the quality of risky mortgage-backed securities ahead of the 2008 financial crisis.
The...
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The Gutenburg Bible to a VW Beetle: How Brits see Germany
LEAD IN:Germans are getting the opportunity to see centuries of their own history, but it's being served up from a British point of view."The British View: Germany - Memories of a Nation," is based on an exhibit which opened in London...
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Foreign-born workers in UK share fears for future
Uncertainty prevails in Britain after Brexit has left immigrants feeling vulnerable. The service sector, a large part of the British economy, is also a big employer of foreigners, which means these workers may be hit hard. Hari...
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Google Gets Aggressive With New Phones, Gadgets
Google launched an aggressive challenge to consumer electronics giants like Apple and Samsung on Tuesday, introducing a new line of smartphones called Pixel and other gadgets designed to showcase a digital helper the company calls...
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Google gets aggressive with new phones, devices
Google launched an aggressive challenge to consumer electronics giants like Apple and Samsung on Tuesday, introducing a new line of smartphones called Pixel and other gadgets designed to showcase a digital helper the company calls...
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Organic farming provides fesh food in Cuba ++First run 13th August 2016++
LEAD IN: Cuba's former President Fidel Castro celebrates his 90th birthday today (August 13, 2016).Things have changed on the island nation since Castro's brother Raul replaced him as president in February 2008.Cuba's urban organic farms...
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Davis vows to protect EU citizens in UK after Brexit
UK Brexit Secretary David Davis has pledged to protect European Union citizens living in Britain following its departure from the EU.In a speech at the Conservative Party's annual conference in Birmingham on Sunday, he emphasised however...
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Lew: More Tools Needed to Boost Global Growth
World finance officials on Friday promised to cooperate more closely and utilize all their policy tools to bolster an anemic global recovery that is now being threatened by an anti-trade backlash in the United States and renewed market...
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Sustainable farming helps protect native trees
CAMEROON BARKSOURCE: AP HORIZONS, LIFESTYLE, HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY RESTRICTIONS: HORIZONS CLIENTS AND AP LIFESTYLE, HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 6:29SHOTLIST:AP TelevisionNjinikom, Cameroon - 16 August 20161. Various of a...
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Google shows off new smartphone and slew of new gadgets
LEAD IN: Google have launched an aggressive challenge to consumer electronics giants like Apple and Samsung.The company is introducing a new line of smartphones called Pixel and other gadgets designed to showcase a digital helper called...
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Burkini designer: French ban 'attack on women'
The founder and designer of UK-based burkini maker, Modestly Active, said the burkini ban in France is a "direct attack on women that want to cover."London-born Kausar Sacranie is a mother of three and became known for her Leicester...
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Us Weekly Entertainment Director on why we're so fascinated with the Jolie Pitt split
SHOTLIST:RESTRICTION SUMMARY:FILM CLIPS ARE CLEARED FOR MEDIA BROADCAST AND/OR INTERNET USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS STORY ONLY. NO RE-SALE. NO ARCHIVE. AP EntertainmentLos Angeles, 21 Jan. 20121. Various of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie...
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The Rev. Al Sharpton is leading a series of protests throughout the Manhattan on Wednesday. It's a response to the acquittals of three undercover detectives in the killing of, Sean Bell, an unarmed groom on his wedding day.
HEADLINE: Sharpton: Civil rights violated in Bell ruling
CAPTION: The Rev. Al Sharpton is leading a series of protests throughout the Manhattan on Wednesday. It's a response to the acquittals of three undercover detectives in the...
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WRAP Thai tensions overshadow summit ADDS closing presser
1. Wide of Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya arriving at Summit venue
2. Mid of Philippines President Gloria Arroyo arriving
3. Pan of leaders sitting in retreat session
4. Close-up of Kasit
5. Close-up of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun...
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SYND 14 7 76 YIGAL ALLON ADDRESSING KNESSET AND SPEAKS AT PRESS CONFERENCE IN JERUSALEM
Israel's Foreign Minister Yigal Allon addressing Knesset in Jerusalem about disappearance of Dora Bloch after the Entebbe hostage siege in Uganda.
1. top shot, pan across the Knesset in session, SOUND UP: Allon speech
2. Prime Minister...
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WRAP Omri, Sharon adviser visit hospital, latest briefing, adds bite
1. Wide of Hadassah Hospital, where Ariel Sharon is being cared for
2. Sharon's son Omri arriving at hospital
3. Yal Arad, one of Sharon's closest advisors who ran Kadima campaign, arriving by taxi
4. Hadassah Hospital director Shlomo...