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National Security

Ranking Terrorist Threats By Degree Of Separation

With so many alleged plots this year, it's difficult to know how seriously to take any particular threat. So the intelligence community has come up with an informal system for ranking them.

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Technology

Track Those Tax Dollars In An 'Augmented Reality'

Want to know where those stimulus dollars were spent? Consider turning your smart phone into a government watchdog — then all you'll have to do is take it for a walk.

Track Those Tax Dollars In An 'Augmented Reality'

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Education

Facing Identity Conflicts, Black Students Fall Behind

Why do middle-class black and Latino teens often have lower test scores and college attendance rates than their white peers? Some researchers suggest media stereotypes might be to blame; others point to a peer culture of underachievement.

Facing Identity Conflicts, Black Students Fall Behind

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Axelrod On H1N1 Vaccines: 'We Overpromised'

The president's senior adviser, David Axelrod, says the administration based its predictions about how many doses of the H1N1 vaccine would be available by mid-October on bad information.

Axelrod On H1N1 Vaccines: 'We Overpromised'

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DeCarava's Photos Improvised The Music Of Life

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Photography

DeCarava's Photos Improvised The Music Of Life

In the 1950s, photography was hardly considered art. If you wanted to be taken seriously as a photographer, you snapped mountains and models -- not your neighbors. It also helped to be white. But Roy DeCarava, who died this week at the age of 89, turned all of that on its head.

DeCarava's Photos Improvised The Music Of Life

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Iraqis Fear New Enemy: H1N1 Virus

An Iraqi schoolgirl wears a protective mask as she is walked to school in the central Iraqi city of Kut, Oct. 19, 2009. Panic over swine flu prompted officials in Iraq to close about 2,000 schools in a bid to combat the virus. Ali al-Alak/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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World

Iraqis Fear New Enemy: H1N1 Virus

Fewer than 500 cases of H1N1 have been reported in Iraq, but it's not uncommon to see schoolchildren walking home wearing surgical masks. Fear of the virus has caused a rash of school closures, and is even preventing some Iraqis from making this year's pilgrimage to Mecca.

Iraqis Fear New Enemy: H1N1 Virus

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Racial Achievement Gap Still Plagues Schools

Jerry Mornvil, a recent graduate of Columbia High School in Maplewood, N.J., says being in a lower-level class had a negative impact on his own and his classmates' attitudes about school and themselves. Nancy Solomon for NPR hide caption

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Education

Racial Achievement Gap Still Plagues Schools

Black and Latino students consistently have lower test scores and attendance rates than their white counterparts. Placing struggling students in remedial classes has been a standard way to deal with the issue, but this method is coming under fire.

Racial Achievement Gap Still Plagues Schools

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Friday

National

City Mobilizes In Response To Rape At School

KQED

Richmond, Calif. finds itself under the unwanted glare of a media spotlight while students, teachers and parents try to heal their community in the wake of last week's brutal assault at a local high school.

City Mobilizes In Response To Rape At School

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Politics

House Ethics Report Leaked

The Washington Post reported Friday that it has obtained an internal document outlining ethics investigations of 30 members of Congress. The paper said the document was leaked by accident, and that it contains details about the ethics investigations of several high-ranking lawmakers.

House Ethics Report Leaked

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Middle East

Iran Appears To Reject Uranium Deal, Seek Changes

Iran has apparently rejected a nuclear deal with the United States, Russia and France that it initially agreed to. Iran is saying it wants another arrangement, but Iran's leaders insist they are not reneging on the deal. The U.S. and Europe aren't so sure.

Iran Appears To Reject Uranium Deal, Seek Changes

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Is The Stimulus Really Working?

Sections of worn concrete are removed from a section of Interstate 90 during a repaving project in June near Snoqualmie Pass, Wash., one of several projects on the roadway that are being paid for by federal stimulus money. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption

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Economy

Is The Stimulus Really Working?

As the recession apparently wanes, the effect the stimulus program had in the turnaround is up for debate. Among other things, the White House claims to have saved hundreds of thousands of jobs, but economists are skeptical.

Can Afghanistan Hold A Clean Runoff Election?

Workers transport ballot boxes on a trolley to be loaded on trucks at the Independent Election Commission compound in Kabul. Taliban fighters have warned Afghans not to take part in the country's Nov. 7 presidential runoff election. Altaf Qadri/AP hide caption

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World

Can Afghanistan Hold A Clean Runoff Election?

The August presidential election was so marred by fraud it has raised questions about whether Afghanistan can do much to make the Nov. 7 runoff a credible vote. The credibility of the Afghan government is at stake and the Obama administration has delayed a decision on whether to send additional troops to Afghanistan.

National

Chief Leaves L.A. Police For Corporate Job In N.Y.

During his seven years as police chief, Bill Bratton had many words for criminals and troublemakers — calling them knuckleheads and nitwits. And he repeated his mantra "cops count, police matter" throughout his years on the force. Now he's moving back to New York for a job with a corporate security firm.

Chief Leaves L.A. Police For Corporate Job In N.Y.

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