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Kenyan Slum-Dwellers Find New Hope With Microfinancing
On the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, millions of people live in tightly packed, unsanitary slums wit…
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Legendary Tap Dancer Mentors Young Artists in "Sophisticated Ladies"
Tap dance icon Maurice Hines has already had a full career, dancing alongside his brother, Gregory,…
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Louisiana Residents Wary of Drilling Moratorium
After the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and began spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico, Preside…
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Matrix Star Takes On Civil Rights Leader
As the grandson of slaves, Thurgood Marshall was born July 2, 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland. When seg…
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Oil Spill's Health Effects
As the oil spill from the leaking Deepwater Horizon oil rig continues to spread across the Gulf of …
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Dunking Dollars in Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio, was once a major port city on Lake Erie. Steel mills, car plants and countless man…
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Rare Earth Minerals Central To Energy Reform
The periodic table lists chemical elements in order of the number of protons in their nucleus. Elem…
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Small Businesses Struggle to Get Loans
As banks recover from the global financial meltdown of 2008, they have become more cautious: keepin…
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Small Towns Struggle With Food Deserts
In many areas around the country, the only places to get food are often fast food restaurants or sm…
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Smoking Takes Toll on China's Health
Anti-smoking advocates have a new frontier to conquer: China. No country on earth has more smokers;…
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