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**APM Reports Documentaries**

The documentary unit of APM Reports (formerly American RadioWorks) has produced more than 140 programs on topics such as health, history, education and justice.

Latest Episodes:

Rewiring the Brain Sep 12, 2006

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A unique study of Romania's orphans reveals the profound effects of social deprivation on brain development.

Rebuilding Biloxi Aug 12, 2006

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Hurricane Katrina devastated the lives of thousands of Mississippi Gulf Coast residents. Rebuilding Biloxi tells the stories of several families in the coastal community of Biloxi, Miss., and their struggle to survive and then recover from the storm.

Power Trips: Congressional Staffers Share the Road Jun 12, 2006

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Public documents show that from 2000 through mid-2005, Capitol Hill staffers accepted nearly 17,000 free trips worth almost $30 million. Many of these trips clearly violate ethics rules designed to limit the abuse of power.

Vietnam and the Presidency Jun 12, 2006

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Four American presidents tried to end the conflict in Vietnam. The lessons they learned echo sharply today.

After Welfare May 12, 2006

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In August 1996, landmark legislation fulfilled the promise to "end welfare as we know it." Congress gave the states money to run their own programs and required them to move many welfare recipients into the workforce. Supporters declared it a new day, the beginning of self-sufficiency for poor families. Others warned the action would push women and children into the streets, perhaps by the millions.

Bankrupt Apr 12, 2006

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Americans are going broke in record numbers. In 2005 Congress overhauled the bankruptcy system to stem the tide of filings. What's behind the boom in going bust?

Logging On and Losing Out Mar 12, 2006

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Internet poker has taken America by storm. Three-quarters of high school and college kids are gambling on a regular basis. But adolescents are far more vulnerable to getting addicted to gambling than adults. And with Internet companies making millions from online gamblers, there's little incentive or legal controls to restrict youth gambling.

Unmasking Stalin Feb 12, 2006

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On February 25, 1956, former Kremlin leader Nikita Khrushchev revealed and denounced, for the first time in the history of the Soviet Union, the crimes of his predecessor, Joseph Stalin, dramatically shifting Soviet Russia's course, stirring a human rights movement, and opening the door to the eventual collapse of the USSR.

Intelligent Designs on Evolution Jan 12, 2006

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How a rival concept about the origins of life is defying the cornerstone of biology.

Las Vegas Nov 13, 2005

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Trace Las Vegas' evolution from a remote railroad town to a mobster metropolis, to its current incarnation as an adult-themed resort town that nearly two million people call home.

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