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Gold miners in California
The discovery of gold in California helped to speed development of the western United States | THE MAKING OF A NATION
Education Secretary Arne Duncan answers a question about the No Child Left Behind law in West Virginia last May
Goal is for students to graduate from high school "ready for college and a career" by 2020 | EDUCATION REPORT
Some of the gunmen of the Old West
The story of two of them: "Killin'" Jim Miller was an outlaw, "Texas" John Slaughter was a lawman | EXPLORATIONS
A study shows how American children are snacking more than they did in the 1970s
A researcher says three snacks a day is two too many in a nation where 17 percent of kids are obese | HEALTH REPORT
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