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Essay: Hearing Cicadian Rhythms

NPR

Published May 16, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

Essayist Naomi Lewin connects the 17-year cicada season to world events. Lewin, living in Cincinnati, also traces the bugs' place in literature, from the Bible to cookbooks.

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Gymnast Jordan Chiles appeals to Swiss supreme court for her Olympic bronze medal

Becky Sullivan

Chiles was awarded the bronze medal at the Paris floor exercise final. But her medal was revoked by an arbitration court, which ruled an inquiry that had improved her score was filed seconds too late.
These states will decide the election. We went to all of them to talk to voters

NPR Staff

Your guide to the six swing states that will decide this year’s presidential election: Georgia, Nevada, Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona and Pennsylvania.
China raises its retirement age to dull the impact of a shrinking, aging economy

John Ruwitch

China is to "gradually raise" the retirement age for its workforce next year. The news is met with mixed reaction in the Chinese capital.

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