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Classrooms at Yu Ying Public Charter School are decorated with Chinese characters and the students' work. Brett Neely/NPR hide caption

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Education

More Americans Learn Their ABCs In Chinese

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More Americans Learn Their ABCs In Chinese

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Goldman's Double Hit: Profit Slide, Facebook Gaffe

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CC4 Nocagions, currently on display at the the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, was conceived in 1973 by Brazilian artists Helio Oiticica and Neville D'Almeida. Visitors are invited to swim in the pool, and the museum even sells $16 disposable bathing suits in case you've come unprepared. Iwan Baan hide caption

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Fine Art

Art In A Pool: L.A. Museum Goers Take The Plunge

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Art In A Pool: L.A. Museum Goers Take The Plunge

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Paul Janssen stands inside the Ohio Stadium he made out of Legos in his basement. Fred Squillante/The Columbus Dispatch hide caption

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Master Builder Makes Legos Bend To His Will In Ohio Stadium Replica

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a meeting with the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee at the Israeli Parliament, or Knesset, in Jerusalem on Jan. 3. The prime minister is caught in the crossfire of a heated political debate over recent government moves that some on the left have labeled "a wave of evil." Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Middle East

Netanyahu Under Fire From Israeli Left And Right

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Netanyahu Under Fire From Israeli Left And Right

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A Red Flame grapefruit affected by the disease known as citrus greening, which leaves fruit sour, malformed and unusable -- and eventually kills the tree. Greg Allen/NPR hide caption

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Abandoned Citrus Groves Produce Problems In Fla.

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Modern bedbugs are increasingly resistant to pesticides. Some populations, in fact, can survive 1,000 times the amount of pesticide that would be needed to kill a traditional bug. Orkin LLC/AP hide caption

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Research News

Bedbug Genome Reveals Pesticide Resistance

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Bedbug Genome Reveals Pesticide Resistance

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