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Audio Words and Their Stories: Money Talks

A customer counts her money at the register of a Toys R Us store on the Thanksgiving Day holiday in Manchester, New Hampshire November 22, 2012. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS)

Money talks - that means a person with a lot of money can say how he or she wants things done | Words and Their Stories

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Each red dot on this screen shot from the Ventus website represents a power plant. (Ventus Project)

Audio Citizen Scientists to Help Map CO2 Gas

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Supporters hold portraits of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of Turkey and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Ataturk Airport of Istanbul early Friday.

Audio Erdogan Rejects Criticism of Turkey Protests

The eight candidates approved for Iran's June 14 presidential election. (Clockwise from L) Mohammad Gharazi, Mohsen Rezaei, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Gholam Ali Haddad Adel, Hasan Rowhani, Mohammad Reza Aref, Ali Akbar

Audio Iranian Presidential Candidates Hold First Debate

Chad Allcox, left, helps his friend Kevin McElvany, right, the home owner, clear debris away from his destroyed home from Monday's tornado, Moore, Oklahoma, May 22, 2013.

Audio Rebuilding in Moore After Deadly Tornado

President Barack Obama makes a statement on the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups.

Audio Obama Administration on the Defensive

Audio Asian Americans in LA Share Tea and Tradition, Boba Style

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Treating a bad headache may take a lot more than just Aspirin.

Audio Have a headache? You are not alone

A police officer stands guard outside of John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts on May 1, 2013.

Audio James Q. Wilson Changes Policing in America

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