Education Ga. Program Pays Low-Income Students to Study April 22, 2008 • Some kids in Fulton County, Ga., are earning a paycheck just for doing their homework. A pilot project sponsored by a local foundation offers a group of low-income students $8 an hour to go to after-school study sessions twice a week. The kids say the program is helpful, but some educators are troubled by it. Ga. Program Pays Low-Income Students to Study Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89831116/89831080" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National Grady Memorial Hospital Has Cash Emergency December 24, 2007 • Grady Memorial Hospital is Atlanta's only safety-net hospital for the poor. But the 100-year old institution is on the verge of collapse. Without a major infusion of money by the end of the year, Grady will fail to make payroll and may have to close. Its board of trustees has agreed to resign. Grady Memorial Hospital Has Cash Emergency Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/17570323/17570285" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Obituaries The Death of a Marine March 10, 2005 • Marine Sgt. Jayton Daniel Patterson died in Iraq, when he stepped on a land mine in January. Patterson's friends and family in Sedley, Va., remember a young man of determination and religious faith, nicknamed "Bible Boy" in high school. The Death of a Marine Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4529316/4529317" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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