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STORY INDEX
Vol. 59 No. 05, Week of September 28, 2009
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 NEWSMAKER
Who am I?
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 VOCABULARY
News Names, News Places, News Words
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 NATIONAL NEWS / CIVICS
The Supreme Court returns
The highest court in the United States is back in session next week. One of the first cases they will look has to do with whether corporations have the same rights as people. story text
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WORLD  CULTURES
A people apart: The Tarahumara
Find out what these isolated people do better than almost anybody else, and what they can’t do as well as almost everybody else.
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 SCIENCE / ANIMALS
Giant python invasion
Non-native pythons are squeezing out native species in the sunshine state. story text
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 COUNTRY OF THE WEEK
Montenegro
Montenegro’s dark forests inspired the country’s name.
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 THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
"Little Women"
Louisa May Alcott’s famous novel was first published on
September 30th, 1868.story text
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 FACES AND PLACES
Dan Brown; Bill Clinton; Georgia; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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 GEOGRAPHY / MAPS
Where in the World?
Test your students' geography knowledge with this on-screen feature.
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 CARTOON OF THE WEEK
You can lead a horse to water. . .
This cartoon spoofs an old saying to take a look at the debate over health care reform.
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