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POPSDo you have time for beauty? This is a real story based on an experiment organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of people. The Washington Post won a Pulitzer in the feature writing category for Gene Weingaten's April 2007 story about this experiment. See source for more information.
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POPSCondoleezza Rice Shows Her Human Side... Finally! Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice shows her emotions here. A rare glimpse that is incredibly compelling and far different than the footage most of the world remembers about her. The CNN video no longer works. Here is a more relevant link to the video: http://www.truveo.com/Condi-Calls-Obama-Inspirational/id/2305843011290641871
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POPSTop Ten Humanitarian Crisis of 2008 With all the focus on what's going on in the Middle East it's easy to loose sight of what is happening in the rest of the world. Click the stories to read more about each. From Doctor's Without Boarders/Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF).
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POPSPhonetic Punctuation What happens if punctuation marks have sound? Classic Borge routine with Dean Martin. Great example of two great entertainers playing off each other and clearly having fun.
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POPSBrushing Teeth Can Save Lives Study done by a group of Israeli nurses on how brushing teeth of intubated patients can reduce the risk of life threatening pneumonia in hospitals.
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POPSCNN story helps surgeon perform 'lifesaving' op
"I wish I could demonstrate the firmness of the tumor that we were dealing with but it really was the case that after trying to dissect the tumor just five minutes with each scalpel, the scalpel would be dull and I would have to move on to use another scalpel. "I went through at least a half-dozen of them, and even after many, many hours of operating on this tumor with multiple scalpels with multiple micro-surgical-dissecting tools, I couldn't remove very much of this tumor." "As I do every night, I read CNN online and immediately saw on the front page that there was an article in the health section entitled, From military device to life-saving surgical tool..." "I finished the rest of the story and my first thought was - I would have given anything to have this tool available six or seven hours ago - based on the description in the story. The following day, on Christmas Eve, Dr. Ellis along with Dr. Tamir Wolf, a physician Omni Guide sent to assist, brought Brandon back