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January 23, 2006
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Ford Cutting 30,000 Jobs

The automaker is shuttering 14 plants from Atlanta to Ontario over the next six years.

Hamas Poised for Big Showing

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Polls show the Islamic group prepared to post big wins in the first Palestinian parliamentary elections in a decade.

Underground Adoption: Part Two

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We continue our look at a adoption network that allows parents of adopted children to give them to other couples to raise.

Makeover for an American Icon

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Wonder Bread is launching two new whole wheat versions of the famous spongy white bread.

Fisher Poets

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Producer Elizabeth Winn Johnson takes us to a gathering of full-time fishermen and part-time poets.

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