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Shakespeare returns to Kabul

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"Love's Labour's Lost" is the first Shakespeare play to be performed in Afghanistan since the Soviet invasion of 1979.
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Mainstream tech opens doors for blind people

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How conventional technologies like iPhones can help blind people find better, more affordable ways to level the playing field.
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How to find whole grains

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Whole grains can reduce the risk of diseases, but separating real from fake can be confusing.
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Japan's earthquake-resistant buildings

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The reason why more buildings didn't collapse in Japan's earthquake is because engineers prepared them to bend, but not break.
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Shady home loans and bad mortgage offers

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Crazy low rates? No income verification? No appraisals? Could be a big problem.
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The fantasy side of Florida in 'Swamplandia!'

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A new novel about a family of bogus Native American alligator wrestlers offers a critique of Florida culture.
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Why Teach for America works

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Twenty years after the program started, Teach for America is still producing teachers. The program could hold clues into how to improve the US education system in general.
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Libyan protester speaks out

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A protester from the streets of Libya talks about the situation in the country and his hopes for the future.
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Iowa politicos try to sell Pollock's "Mural"

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Politicians are trying to force the University of Iowa to sell Jackson Pollock's painting "Mural" for some $140 million.
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An American detained in Egypt

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An American student, detained by the Egyptian military police, talks about her 16 hours of incarceration.
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