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Former airport turned campground a hit in the Big Apple

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A new campground in Brooklyn offers a taste of the great outdoors for New Yorkers and tourists alike.
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Current generation could be less educated than parents

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Higher tuition and less financial aid could result in today's college-age Americans becoming the first generation less educated than their parents.
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Irene floods Philadelphia, New Jersey and Vermont

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The storm left neighborhoods, towns and cities flooded along the eastern seaboard, with Philadelphia one of the worst hit.
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Comedian Harry Shearer's serious work: 'The Big Uneasy'

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Long time resident Harry Shearer takes a 180 degree shift from his comedy career to write and direct a new documentary about New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
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Meklit Hadero's African twist to American jazz

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Singer-songwriter Meklit Hadero has made a sensation on the music scene, melding American jazz with the rhthym and language of her native Ethiopia.
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Flying into the eye of Hurricane Irene

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Flight meteorologists fly into the eye of Hurricane Irene to gather information that will determine where evacuations are needed.
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New deportation policy and same-sex couples

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While Obama administration's new deportation policy recognizes same-sex couples as family, it only applies to people already in deportation process.
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NYPD, aided by CIA, secretly monitors Muslim communities

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A new investigation shows the CIA worked with the NYPD to perform surveillance on ethnic communities outside both agencies' jurisdiction.
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US, Europe to unfreeze billions in Libyan assets

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The US prepares to release $37 billion of Lybia's assets tied up in cash, real estate and shares of US companies.
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Does Israel have a friend in Glenn Beck?

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Glenn Beck's rally in Jerusalem gets mixed reactions from Israelis -- some appreciate his support, others are asking him to 'stay home.'
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