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Photographers Help Foster Children Find Homes

New Jersey has become the latest state to recruit renowned photographers to take pictures of foster children available for adoption. Known as a Heart Gallery, the idea is to get the pictures out into the world with the hope that a loving family will respond.

Photographers Help Foster Children Find Homes

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Health

Tailoring Medical School to Cultural Difference

Medical residents at Columbia University Medical Center in New York are learning all about the surrounding community of Dominicans and other Latinos by visiting their homes, bodegas and botanicas. It's part of a growing movement in medical schools to teach young doctors how to understand patients who come from a different culture.

Tailoring Medical School to Cultural Difference

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Christo's 'Gates' Open in Central Park

Christo Does Central Park

Artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude debut "The Gates" in Manhattan's Central Park today. More than 20 years in the making, the large-scale art project consists of 7,500 large saffron cloth panels hanging in 16-foot high door frames.

Christo Does Central Park

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Media

Newspaper Hawkers Return to New York Streets

Read all about it: newspaper hawkers, those familiar relics of another era, are back on New York City street corners. This time, the "newsies" are pushing free newspapers aimed at young adults who get most of their news from TV or the Web.

Newspaper Hawkers Return to New York Streets

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Christo's 'Gates' Open in Central Park

Christo's 'Gates:' Preparing for a Short Stay

Workers are preparing New York's Central Park for an ambitious art project. The artists Christo and his wife Jeanne-Claude are planning to install 7,500 gates -- free-hanging colored panels -- along 23 miles of paths. But they will remain up for only 16 days.

Christo's 'Gates:' Preparing for a Short Stay

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Education

Mel Levine: Teaching All Kinds of Minds

There are 3 million children receiving special services for learning disabilities in American public schools. With a possible 10 to 15 percent of children have serious learning issues, pediatrician Mel Levine is challenging many assumptions about learning.

Mel Levine: Teaching All Kinds of Minds

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Law

Jury Deliberates Case of Lawyer Accused of Helping Terrorist

Lawyer Lynne Stewart defended a convicted terrorist, and now face charges of helping him communicate with his followers. Her supporters say this wouldn't have happened in a pre-Sept. 11 world and it's a dangerous precedent to attorney-client privilege. NPR's Margot Adler reports.

Jury Deliberates Case of Lawyer Accused of Helping Terrorist

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Grassroots Aid for Tsunami Victims

As millions of dollars flow into aid organizations helping the victims of the tsunami, newspapers and Web sites continue to list mostly the largest and most reputable relief organizations. But some people have begun to suggest donations to smaller, indigenous grassroots organizations. NPR's Margot Adler reports.

Grassroots Aid for Tsunami Victims

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World

U.S. Groups Solicit Donations for Tsunami Relief

U.S. relief organizations are beginning to mount what many are already calling the biggest relief effort the world has ever seen. Almost all agencies say what they need most is cash, which can help pay to ship donated supplies to those affected by Sunday's tsunami. NPR's Margot Adler reports.

U.S. Groups Solicit Donations for Tsunami Relief

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South Asia Natives in U.S. Reach Out to Tsunami-Stricken Homelands

Immigrants in the United States are working to get in touch with their communities back home and offer help after a massive tsunami kills thousands. NPR's Margot Adler reports.

South Asia Natives in U.S. Reach Out to Tsunami-Stricken Homelands

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Environment

Evicted NYC Hawks Get New Fifth Ave. Nest

New York City's most famous evicted red-tailed hawks, Pale Male and Lola, have gotten their nest back -- or at least a new steel-cradle structure and the spikes to anchor it. Now they can return to their home atop a Fifth Avenue co-op building. NPR's Margot Adler reports.

Evicted NYC Hawks Get New Fifth Ave. Nest

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For Some, Charitable Donations Replace Traditional Gifts

Amid the buy, buy, buy of this holiday season, another concept has taken hold: give, give, give. Increasingly, popular catalogs and some retail stores allow people to donate practical gifts such as a dairy goat or a water buffalo to countries in need, in honor of friends and family. NPR's Margot Adler reports.

For Some, Charitable Donations Replace Traditional Gifts

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