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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: Presidential Campaigns Switch Ad Strategies
As the presidential campaign gets closer to the election date, Kerry and Bush are revving up their engines. NPR looks at the strategies of the two candidates and how they have changed. Article is from 2004.
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Npr: Lake Titicaca Civilization
Anthropologists have found evidence of civilization in Peru and Bolivia much earlier than previously thought. Here's a short report on their work around Lake Titicaca.
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Npr: Rural Investment at Risk if Bank Law Eased
NPR looks at rural America since the passage of the 1977 Community Reinvestment Act and the possible ramifications if this law is eased. More source websites are listed on the side.
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Npr: Look Who's 40: "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer"
NPR's Morning Edition takes a look at the classic television story, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (December 1, 2004). Here you can listen to the NPR program and view several pictures.
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Npr: Ancient, Complex Peruvian Communities Explored
Imagine a civilization in the Americas that predated the ancient Egyptians! That's what archeologist Jonathan Haas found on the coast of Peru. Read here about this remarkable discovery.
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Npr: Artist Known for Ephemera Creates Slate Landscape
Art and science merge as artist Andy Goldsworthy defeats gravity once again for a new piece he created for the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. This website is full of audio and video clips that captures Goldsworthy's...
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Npr: For Pianist, Music Unleashes Rainbows of Color
This gifted pianist associates a specific color for every musical note. Known as synesthesia, this rare condition is only apparent in one person out of several thousand. Read this cover story and discover more about this interesting...
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Npr: Artist Captures Wonder of Natural Phenomena
This interesting artist relies on scientific facts of nature to produce his art work. Although based on simple scientific principles, the visual effects he gets are wondrous.
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Npr: Manjul Bhargava: An Artist of Music and Math
Twenty-eight-year-old Manjul Bhargava has found a way to fuse his two loves (number theory and playing the tabla): he claims that there are dozens of hidden rhythms in Indian music that correspond to complex number theories. Check out...
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Npr: Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks Dies
NPR pays a moving tribute to the "mother of the civil rights movement," Rosa Parks, who died at the age of 92 on October 24, 2005. Listen to her interviews and hear in her own words her views on the 1955 bus boycott. Links to related...
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Npr: In Burundi, Ex Warriors Look for New Lives
After a decade of civil war and three decades of ethnic conflict, Burundi is trying to pull itself back together. How to meld the Tutsis and the Hutus together in a blended government is still to be determined.
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Npr: South Sudan: After the Peace
This brief article from NPR announces "One of the largest development programs," to take place in Sudan. The site also provides links to further information in audio format.
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Npr: Antarctica's March of the Tourists
Take a virtual cruise to Antarctica. Cruise ships are taking more and more people to this barren continent for the trip of their lifetime. But are they ruining the continent by their enthusiasm? NPR provides pictures of the welcoming...
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Npr: Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda
This is an NPR Morning Edition interview with F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's granddaughter, Eleanor Lanahan. In it she discusses a new collection of her grandparents' love letters, and what they tell about their lives. This interview is...
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Npr: Actor James Earl Jones
From the program Fresh Air on NPR, here you can find a brief biography of James Earl Jones. Content focuses on Jones' victory over a severe stuttering problem. Listen to the interview online.
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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: 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.