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Npr: Beyond the Bake Sale
National Public Radio considers public schools making money by signing contracts with soft drink companies and the parents who protest this action as a health risk for kids. They are joined by health professionals "Worried about a...
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Npr: The Hollywood Sign, Present at the Creation
Audio story offers the history of the famous Hollywood sign that has beckoned people to California, Los Angeles, movie-making, and potential stardom since 1923.
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Npr: The Origin of Ok
NPR discusses the popular expression "OK," and how it may have originated. "One of America's most popular exports," this response is heard around the world.
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Npr: Nations Combine in Effort to End Darfur Conflict
An audio report from the Paris conference held in June 2007 on the combined efforts of France, the U.S., Russia, Japan, and China to bring peace to the Darfur region. Provides links to recent NPR reports on Sudan. [2:00]
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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: Dan Flavin's Fantastic Lights
Dan Flavin's art, which uses fluorescent light, draws you in like a moth to flame. This audio investigation gives a close encounter of an exhibit of his work and others' reactions to it.
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Npr: 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
The tragic story of the Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham during the Civil Rights movement in which four girls were killed. This NPR site updates the saga of the on-going investigation of the murderers.
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Npr: Dummy Days
NPR provides a brief overview of ventriloquists of early radio and TV. Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy are highlighted.
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Npr: Views of Shenandoah
This NPR story covers the work of Hullihen Moore, a student of Ansel Adams, and his recent photo book of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Beautiful black and white images of nature are here in the photo gallery.
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Npr: Nat King Cole
At this NPR site, which is provided for by the National Public Radio, most of the resources here are audio, including radio stories and some of Nat King Cole's songs.
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Npr: Preserving the Sacred Harp Singing Tradition
This site, from the NPR, shows that Sacred Harp singing is choral music in the a cappella tradition. This radio story covers its current use in the southern United States. Includes full-length audio cuts.
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Npr: Saving the Spotted Owl
This NPR article reports on conservation attempts to save the Spotted Owl, which led to the eventual shutdown of 2.4 million acres of forest in Washington alone and the loss of 30,000 jobs. An eight minute audio podcast discusses this...
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Npr: Dino Had the Right Stuff
NPR reports on new research about the oldest known bird, Archaeopteryx. A new study of a fossilized brain cavity suggests it was well-equipped to fly.
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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: 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.