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TheGrio's 100: Ashanti Johnson, an ocean deep love for science
5:00 AM on 02/01/2010
TheGrio's 100 - As Johnson pursued an education in oceanography, she realized her field of study wasn't so diverse...
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Michelle Obama talks to girls in Denver about mentor program
4:32 PM on 11/16/2009
DENVER (AP) -- The first lady on Monday told about 80 Denver high school girls that successful women make mistakes, but they keep working.
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60 Minutes' Byron Pitts talks about overcoming illiteracy
11:00 AM on 11/03/2009
VIDEO - When Byron Pitts was 18 years old, his dream was to work for "60 Minutes" by the time he was 45. Raised by his mother in East Baltimore, Pitts was functionally illiterate until the age of 12...
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Mrs. Obama kicks off mentoring program for high school girls
7:33 AM on 11/03/2009
WASHINGTON (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama is launching a mentoring program for local high school girls to have access to women at the White House...
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Tiger: 'A little nervous' about return at Masters
"It would be nice to hear a couple claps here and there," he told ESPN in an interview Sunday night...
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