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Francine Sterle is the author of 2006 book "Nude In Winter," which was a finalist for the LA Times Book of the Year. She has also published two oth...
- Added: Feb 28, 2013
- Length: 01:53
CarolAnn Russell is a Professor of English at Bemidji State University. She has published four full-length books of poetry. Russell has also been a...
- Added: Feb 28, 2013
- Length: 02:04
He was one of the pioneers of jazz on the violin. Though largely self taught, his career lasted some 77 years, and he recorded hundred of albums. p...
- Added: Nov 21, 2011
- Length: 06:00
Although she was physically tiny ... just four foot eleven ... we saw her on television living an outrageous sort of large life, an amazing roller ...
- Added: Jul 19, 2011
- Length: 03:00
One night, entering a clearing, he and a companion came face to face with a well-armed Nazi patrol. Desperately outnumbered, he took an amazing cha...
- Added: Apr 18, 2011
- Length: 03:00
He was a runner, early on. Before it was popular. Before Spandex, before Nike and Gatorade. At one time, he was one of a handful of the fastest hum...
- Added: Apr 09, 2011
- Length: 03:00
If the name isn't familiar, it's still a good bet you know the face.
- Added: Nov 15, 2010
- Length: 03:00
The Hawaii Ukulele Festival attracts thousands of people from around the globe. Hear from musicians like Jake Shimabukuro, who's inspiring a resurg...
- Added: Jul 27, 2010
- Length: 04:31
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The Belgian priest, known as Father Damien, was recently declared a saint for his extraordinary service in caring for patients with Hansen's diseas...
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- Added: Dec 04, 2009
- Length: 04:17
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In Seattle, everyone composts their kitchen scraps. They do it because city laws prohibit food waste from heading to landfills.
- Added: Aug 19, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Crossing the Border: a story or two
- Added: Nov 13, 2008
- Length: 03:49
Since the early 1990s, wildlife researchers with Operation Migration have been using ultralight aircraft to literally teach endangered birds a new ...
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- Added: Oct 29, 2008
- Length: 01:30
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One architecture professor is giving trailer parks a good name. Michael Berk of Mississippi State University has developed award-winning mobile hom...
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- Added: Oct 29, 2008
- Length: 01:30
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The compact fluorescent light is way more efficient at converting electricity to light than the incandescent bulb.
- Added: Mar 28, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Lighting accounts for about a quarter of all the electricity that's consumed in the United States. Here are some ways to lighten the energy load...
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
Henry Ford always thought agriculture and industry were natural partners.
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- Added: Jan 12, 2007
- Length: 01:30
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Chilean researchers devised a plan to capture water from the thick fog that rolled in daily from the sea.
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- Added: Oct 11, 2006
- Length: 01:34
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