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• [TR] MP3 - 2011-09-18 - South Korea Tops 'Information Society' Report
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-09-16 - US Poverty Rate Highest Since 1993
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-09-15 - Greece's Debt Crisis and the Future of Europe
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-09-14 - Training Fishermen to Become Fish Farmers
• [HE] MP3 - 2011-09-13 - Simple Steps Can Save Millions of Newborn Lives
• [AG] MP3 - 2011-09-13 - Experts Defend Way of Life for Herders in East Africa
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-09-11 - How Technology Has, and Has Not, Changed Since 9-11
• [HE] MP3 - 2011-09-09 - Gut Bacteria: We Are What We Eat
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-09-09 - Obama Seeks Quick Passage of Jobs Bill
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-09-08 - US Postal Service Warns of Default
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-09-07 - Websites Show Young People How to Save
• [EX] MP3 - 2011-09-06 - A New Book on Stealing Rembrandts and Other Artworks
• [AG] MP3 - 2011-09-05 - Grow It Yourself: Turning Bulbs Into Beautiful Blooms
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-09-04 - Seeking Cleaner and Greener Electronics
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-09-02 - Hurricane Irene Hits Northeastern United States
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-09-01 - Steve Jobs Steps Down with Apple on Top
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-08-31 - American Music Students in Kenya
• [AG] MP3 - 2011-08-29 - Getting to the Root of How to Water Trees
• [SN] MP3 - 2011-08-29 - How Fireflies Work; Liquid Water on Mars?
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-08-25 - A Credit Downgrade for Japan, but Some Signs of Hope
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-08-26 - Islamic Group in Nigeria Claims UN Attack
• [AG] MP3 - 2011-08-22 - Experts Link East Africa Drought to La Niña in the Pacific
• [SN] MP3 - 2011-08-22 - The Science of Herbs and Spices
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-08-21 - Facial Recognition Systems Bring Privacy Concerns
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-08-19 - What the Arab Spring, Europe Protests Have in Common
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-08-18 - Germany, France Seek 'True European Economic Government'
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-08-18 - Dallas Creates a Public School for Boys
• [EX] MP3 - 2011-08-16 - Caves and the Strange Things That Live Within
• [SN] MP3 - 2011-08-15 - Research Shows Thinning Snow Layers in the Rocky Mountains
• [AG] MP3 - 2011-08-15 - African Film Shows Tensions Between Banana Growers, Villagers
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-08-14 - Living in a World With Facial Recognition
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-08-12 - Questions for Britain After the Riots
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-08-11 - Debt, Recession Worries Bring Volatility to World Markets
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-08-10 - How Much Should a Teacher's Job Depend on Test Scores?
• [EX] MP3 - 2011-08-09 - Three Books That Explore the Human Brain
• [AG] MP3 - 2011-08-08 - Hot in the Garden: Too Much Sun Can Be Bad for Vegetables
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-08-07 - Bigger Ships, So a Bigger Panama Canal
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-08-05 - Syria Continues Attack on Dissent; Mubarak Trial Begins in Cairo
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-08-04 - A Debt Deal in US, but Stocks Still Slide
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-08-04 - An Archive of English, Spoken in Many Different Accents
• [HE] MP3 - 2011-08-02 - A Study Looks at Environmental Influences on Children
• [AG] MP3 - 2011-08-01 - Gardening: Vegetables Made in the Shade
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-07-31 - How Much Screen Time Is Too Much for Children?
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-07-29 - A Tragedy in Norway Raises Questions for Europe
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-07-28 - Indonesia’s 'Technopreneurs' Help Fuel Economic Growth
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-07-28 - Nick Jonas' Lesson for Other Teen Musicians
• [HE] MP3 - 2011-07-26 - Brains Gain From Physical Activity by Older People
• [SN] MP3 - 2011-07-25 - North Carolina Shipwreck Offers Clues About Blackbeard
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-07-22 - UN Appeals for Famine Aid for Somalia
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-07-21 - Paying Someone Else to Worry About Your Online Image
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-07-20 - Economy Pushes Spanish to Learn English
• [HE] MP3 - 2011-07-19 - Study Says AIDS Drugs Can Raise Life Expectancy in Africa
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-07-17 - Students Compete to Find Tech Solutions for World Problems
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-07-15 - US, Japan Meet in Women's World Cup; 'Carmageddon' in Los Angeles
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-07-14 - Debt Limit Talks Show Deeper Debate on Government's Duties
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-07-13 - For Some Teens, a Busy Life Takes Fun Out of High School
• [HE] MP3 - 2011-07-12 - Europe's Economic Problems Linked to Rise in Suicides
• [EX] MP3 - 2011-07-12 - For Many Americans, Summertime Is a Time for Reading
• [SN] MP3 - 2011-07-11 - How Cooling the Brain May Help People Sleep
• [AG] MP3 - 2011-07-11 - Building a Windbreak to Protect Crops
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-07-10 - Flying Car Moves Closer to Reality
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-07-08 - Britain Shaken by Media Phone Hacking
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-07-07 - Oil Spill in US Puts Attention on Pipelines, Waterways
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-07-06 - Inmates Find Hope in College Classes at San Quentin Prison
• [HE] MP3 - 2011-07-05 - Returning Migrants Often Bring Their Health Problems Home
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-07-04 - Game Over for Limits on Violent Video Games
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-06-30 - Greek Spending Cuts Clear Way for Loans
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-07-01 - Hu Warns of Dangers From Corruption in China Party
• [HE] MP3 - 2011-06-29 - Unequal Treatment Drives Disability Rights Movement
• [HE] MP3 - 2011-06-29 - Unequal Treatment Drives Disability Rights Movement
• [EX] MP3 - 2011-06-29 - Scientists Call for Quieter Ships to Protect Whales
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-06-29 - Women Inmates Train to Start Businesses After Prison
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-06-26 - Defending Free Speech With a 'Panic Button'
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-06-24 - Obama's Plan for Troop Cuts in Afghanistan
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-06-23 - Why Wal-Mart Won a Big Ruling in Sex Discrimination Case
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-06-23 - Girls Lacrosse Team Raises Hopes at School
• [AG] MP3 - 2011-06-21 - Groups Press for US Ban on Antibiotics in Healthy Animals
• [SN] MP3 - 2011-06-21 - Mother Bears May Be More Bark Than Bite
• [EX] MP3 - 2011-06-21 - NASA’s Aquarius Satellite Will Help Scientists Learn About Salt Levels in the Sea
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-06-20 - US Seeks ‘Shadow’ Internet, Mobile Networks in Repressive Countries
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-06-17 - Mavericks, Bruins Are Champs in a Busy Sports Week
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-06-16 - Apple's Lion Is Latest to Join Download-Only Trend in Software
• [HE] MP3 - 2011-06-15 - Child Vaccine Efforts Get Big Boost
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-06-15 - No National Standards: Strength or Weakness for Schools in US?
• [EX] MP3 - 2011-06-14 - Smithsonian Exhibits Mark 30th Anniversary of AIDS
• [SN] MP3 - 2011-06-13 - Growing Plants and Thinking Inside the Box
• [AG] MP3 - 2011-06-13 - Teaching Rural Farmers With Cell Phone Videos
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-06-12 - Shortage of Internet Addresses, but a Slow Move to New System
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-06-09 - Helping European Farmers After the E. Coli Outbreak
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-06-10 - Gates Says NATO Could Face 'Irrelevance' in the Future
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-06-08 - Should All US Students Learn the Same Thing?
• [HE] MP3 - 2011-06-07 - Children of AIDS Face Mental Health Needs
• [AG] MP3 - 2011-06-06 - Trying to Improve Food Safety With a Camera
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-06-05 - WHO Finding Adds to Debate Over Mobile Phones, Brain Cancer
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-06-03 - US Seeks to Ease Tensions Between North, South in Sudan
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-06-02 - Hope of Profit, Social Change Meet in New College Programs
• [HE] MP3 - 2011-06-01 - Study of Paralyzed Man May Offer Hope for New Treatment
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-05-29 - Paying Tech Talents to Drop Out of College
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-05-27 - Mladic Arrest Brings Serbia Step Closer to EU
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-05-26 - Dealing With Sexual Violence on Campus
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-05-26 - Dealing With Sexual Violence on Campus
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-05-26 - Investing in the Arab Spring
• [EX] MP3 - 2011-05-24 - Fourteen Scientists and Activists Who Are Changing the World
• [SN] MP3 - 2011-05-23 - Scientist Working to Save Bees Is Winner of Environmental Prize
• [AG] MP3 - 2011-05-23 - An American Cowboy Aims to Help Russia's Beef Herd
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-05-19 - US Schools Under Pressure to Deal With Sexual Violence
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-05-19 - Who Should Be the Next Chief of the IMF?
• [SN] MP3 - 2011-05-17 - Efforts to Stop Polio Continue
• [HE] MP3 - 2011-05-17 - How Early Treatment Can Limit the Spread of HIV
• [AG] MP3 - 2011-05-16 - Study Links Climate Change to Changes in Crop Yields
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-05-15 - A Smartphone App for Eye Exams in Developing Countries
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-05-13 - The Mississippi River Floods America’s Heartland
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-05-12 - 'You Are Your Brand:' Using Social Media to Find a Job
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-05-11 - A School That Teaches Children to Eat Better
• [HE] MP3 - 2011-05-10 - Chronic Diseases an 'Impending Disaster' for Some Nations
• [SN] MP3 - 2011-05-09 - Mangrove Forests Could Be a Big Player in Carbon Trading
• [AG] MP3 - 2011-05-09 - In Africa, the Greening of the Sahel
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-05-08 - A False Sense of Security on the Internet?
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-05-06 - What Now for al-Qaida After Death of bin Laden?
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-05-05 - Using the Internet and Social Media to Search for a Job
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-05-04 - Thousands of US Teachers Lose Jobs as States Cut Budgets
• [HE] MP3 - 2011-05-03 - Why Sleep Apnea Raises Risk of Stroke, Heart Attack
• [EX] MP3 - 2011-05-03 - Laura Hillenbrand’s 'Unbroken' Is a Story of Survival and Heroism
• [AG] MP3 - 2011-05-02 - Much of Africa Not Investing Enough in Agricultural Research
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-05-02 - Mobile Devices' Location Tracking Raises Privacy Concerns
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-04-29 - Royal Wedding Draws a Worldwide Crowd
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-04-28 - Bernanke Meets the Press in a First for US Central Bank
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-04-27 - A Social Network Aims to Speed Up Progress in Science
• [HE] MP3 - 2011-04-27 - Travelers May Spread Drug-Resistance Gene From South Asia
• [SN] MP3 - 2011-04-25 - Scientists Search for the Lost City of Atlantis
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-04-22 - Remembering the Gulf Oil Spill, One Year Later
• [HE] MP3 - 2011-04-12 - A New Reason for Why the Deaf May Have Trouble Reading
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-04-20 - Kids in Britain + Online Tutors in India = Divided Opinions
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-04-17 - A Better Computer Mouse Cursor for the Disabled
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-04-15 - Fight Over Spending Is Just Beginning in Washington
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-04-14 - Gold Keeps Shining, 40 Years After Nixon Ended Gold Standard
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-04-13 - A Push to Get More Indonesians to Study in US
• [AG] MP3 - 2011-04-11 - Grow It Yourself: Turning Bulbs Into Beautiful Blooms
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-04-08 - 150 Years Later, US Still Debates Issues That Fueled Civil War
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-04-07 - Obama Enters 2012 Race on Good News About Jobs
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-04-06 - A School Newspaper Links Sioux Indian Teens to Their Community
• [HE] MP3 - 2011-04-05 - Why Hands-Free Faucets May Be a Risk to Some Hospital Patients
• [AG] MP3 - 2011-04-05 - Next Step After Carbon: Knowing Your Nitrogen Footprint
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-04-03 - Brain-Computer Interfaces Could Mean More Freedom for the Disabled
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-04-01 - In Ivory Coast, the Great Cost of Conflict
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-03-31 - Microsoft Says Google Blocks Competition in Europe Search Market
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-03-30 - Children at US School Show Their Support for Victims in Japan
• [HE] MP3 - 2011-03-29 - Doctors Lack Many Ways to Treat Radiation Exposure
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-03-28 - Designing a Quake-Resistant Building Starts at the Soil
• [AG] MP3 - 2011-03-28 - For Japan Farmers, Radiation Fears Mean Economic Pain
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-03-25 - Adding Up the Costs of Bullying in the Workplace
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-03-25 - What Next in Military Campaign in Libya?
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-03-23 - Meet Some Top Students in the Intel Science Talent Search
• [EX] MP3 - 2011-03-22 - Explorer Andrew Skurka Takes Hiking to a New Level
• [SN] MP3 - 2011-03-21 - Scientists in Search of a Common Language With Dolphins
• [AG] MP3 - 2011-03-21 - How Women Farmers Could Feed More in Developing World
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-03-18 - Workers Continue Efforts to Prevent a Nuclear Disaster in Japan
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-03-20 - Japan’s Early Warning System One of the Best in the World
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-03-17 - Japan's Disaster Could Hurt Plans for Nuclear Energy Industry
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-03-16 - Debating the Display of Ten Commandments in Public Schools and Buildings
• [HE] MP3 - 2011-03-15 - Nuclear Crisis in Japan Raises Worries About Radiation Risks
• [EX] MP3 - 2011-03-15 - ‘maximum INDIA’ Brings India’s Sights and Sounds to Washington
• [AG] MP3 - 2011-03-14 - Getting to the Bottom of a Fish Die-Off in Southern California
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-03-13 - Tens of Thousands of Technology Lovers Head South to Austin
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-03-11 - Quake, Tsunami May Only Add to Economic Struggles for Japan
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-03-10 - How High Will the Price of Oil Go This Time?
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-03-09 - Teaching Children How to Think Internationally
• [HE] MP3 - 2011-03-08 - Are People Who Speak More Than One Language Smarter?
• [EX] MP3 - 2011-03-08 - Learning How to Make Soap
• [SN] MP3 - 2011-03-07 - How Egypt's Present Is Affecting Studies of Its Ancient Past
• [AG] MP3 - 2011-03-07 - Food Makers See Crunch Time Against New Maize for Fuel
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-03-06 - For Many People, First the Doctor's Office, Then the Web
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-03-04 - China Raises Defense Budget, Promises to Help the Poor
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-03-04 - Future Payments for Retirees Are Big Issue Now for US States
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-03-02 - In Class With Peace Corps Volunteers in Africa, Asia
• [HE] MP3 - 2011-03-01 - After Brain Study, New Questions About Mobile Phones
• [EX] MP3 - 2011-03-01 - Ashoka Supports Social Entrepreneurs Around the World
• [AG] MP3 - 2011-02-28 - Long History, Unclear Future for 'Golden Rice'
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-02-27 - A Victory for Computers as Watson Wins 'Jeopardy!'
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-02-25 - Moammar Gadhafi: The Making of a Libyan Strongman
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-02-25 - Moammar Gadhafi: The Making of a Libyan Strongman
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-02-24 - States Put Pressure on Public Worker Unions
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-02-23 - South Sudan Works to Rebuild Higher Education
• [HE] MP3 - 2011-02-22 - A Possible Safe New Way to Kill Mosquitoes That Spread Malaria
• [AG] MP3 - 2011-02-21 - 'Green Super Rice' About Two Years Away for Asia, Africa
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-02-20 - How Can a Country Disconnect Itself From the Internet?
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-02-18 - A Stock Market Big Enough to Stretch Across the Atlantic
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-02-18 - Calls for Political Change Keep Protests Going in Mideast
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-02-16 - Comparing American and Chinese Parents
• [SN] MP3 - 2011-02-14 - How Milton Levine Made Millions of People Into Ant Farmers
• [AG] MP3 - 2011-02-14 - US Lets Farmers Plant Biotech Sugar Beets, With Conditions
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-02-13 - Group Offers Shortwave Radios to Poor Communities
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-02-11 - Egyptians Celebrate as Mubarak Resigns; Military in Control
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-02-10 - Looking for Answers to Rising Coffee Prices
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-02-09 - Jakarta Holds Southeast Asian English Olympics
• [AG] MP3 - 2011-02-08 - Fish Farms May Soon Supply More Than Half the World's Catch
• [HE] MP3 - 2011-02-08 - A Fatter World, Yet Fewer Cases of High Blood Pressure
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-02-06 - Egyptians Gain a Voice With Social Media Service Used by Stars
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-02-04 - What Kinds of Changes Will Arab Unrest Bring?
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-02-03 - Egypt Not Alone in Its Economic Problems
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-02-02 - Can America Win the Education Race?
• [EX] MP3 - 2011-02-01 - Cities Around the World Are 'Going Green'
• [HE] MP3 - 2011-02-01 - Why Doctors May Not Always Try to Save a Fingertip
• [AG] MP3 - 2011-01-31 - Bags Help Farmers Protect Harvests From Air and Insects
• [SN] MP3 - 2011-01-31 - Stem Cells From Cord Blood May Offer Way to Treat Sick Children
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-01-30 - 2000 Years of Computing History at a Museum in California
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-01-28 - Mubarak Moves to Replace Government After Protests Intensify
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-01-27 - Next Google Chief Knows Company; Jobs' Latest Leave at Apple
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-01-26 - Mentors Try to Improve Lives of Homeless Children
• [HE] MP3 - 2011-01-25 - When a Cut Finger Is More Serious Than It Might Seem
• [AG] MP3 - 2011-01-24 - Looking to Africa for Ideas About How to Fight Hunger
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-01-23 - Classes Start in March at Internet Training Center in Togo
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-01-21 - Tunisians Mourn Losses in Jasmine Revolution
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-01-20 - Business English Speakers Can Still Be Divided by a Common Language
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-01-19 - Anxious Students Gain on Tests by Writing About Fears
• [HE] MP3 - 2011-01-18 - WHO Chief Warns of Risk to 'Winning Streak' for Public Health
• [SN] MP3 - 2011-01-17 - Are Bone Pieces From Pilot Amelia Earhart?
• [AG] MP3 - 2011-01-17 - World Food Prices Expected to Stay High or Keep Rising
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-01-16 - Airport Security Could Go to 'Electronic Sniffer Dogs'
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-01-14 - For Arizona Girl, a Life of Hope With Tragic Endpoints
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-01-13 - Finding Capital in 'Dark Pools' and Angel Investors
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-01-12 - More Young Women Find a Calling in Catholic Order
• [HE] MP3 - 2011-01-11 - Congresswoman May Owe Life to Luck and 'Battlefield Lessons'
• [AG] MP3 - 2011-01-10 - New Law in US Aims to Increase Food Safety
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-01-09 - All Eyes Were on Tablets at CES in Las Vegas
• [IN] MP3 - 2011-01-07 - South Sudan Decides Its Future in Vote on Independence
• [EC] MP3 - 2011-01-06 - Facebook Finds New Friends in the World of Private Finance
• [ED] MP3 - 2011-01-05 - Are You Learning English? These Songs May Help
• [HE] MP3 - 2011-01-04 - Iron, Vitamin D May Lead to Smarter, Healthier Children
• [TR] MP3 - 2011-01-03 - Looking to Robots and Other Technology to Improve Health Care
• [AG] MP3 - 2011-01-03 - An 'Image Problem' for a Food That Could Save African Lives