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Voices in the News

NPR

Published December 29, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including Powerball officials presenting a $314.9 million check to lottery winner Andrew "Jack" Whittaker Jr.; Clonaid CEO Brigitte Boisellier; freelance journalist Michael Guillen; Sen. George Allen (R-VA); Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN); and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

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