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Tuesday, 29 November 2011 Today from VOANews.com Black Friday, MREs and Rihanna's 'Talk That Talk' What Americans do on Black Friday (not all shop). Tastier Meals Ready to Eat for troops. And Rihanna's new album | AMERICAN MOSAIC Exploring the Art of Rhetoric Popular American Rhetoric website home to thousands of speeches | THIS IS AMERICA The Story of Aspirin A study suggests this ancient pain and fever reducer also reduces bowel cancer risk, but it has risks of its own | SCIENCE IN THE NEWS UN Says Food Production Must Rise; How 'Fertilizer Trees' Could Help Farmers in southern African are planting the trees to improve soil with nitrogen from the air | AGRICULTURE REPORT Georgia O'Keeffe, 1887-1986: Her Paintings Showed Her Love for the American Southwest People can immediately identify the artists's paintings of huge, colorful flowers or bones in dream-like deserts | PEOPLE IN AMERICA A Cool Way to Keep Food From Spoiling Mohammed Bah Abba's pot-in-pot cooling system | TECHNOLOGY REPORT Republican Presidential Hopefuls Debate Pakistan, Iran The seven men and one woman dealt with national security and foreign policy issues in their latest debate | IN THE NEWS American History: The Election of 1968 A presidential election campaign to remember | THE MAKING OF A NATION US Congressional Committee Fails to Identify Budget Cuts That means $1.2 trillion in cuts will automatically take effect over 10 years | ECONOMICS REPORT A School System in Maine Gives iPads to Kindergartners A $200,000 project brings debate, but educators believe the tablets will improve reading and math skills | EDUCATION REPORT Explorers Sense a Guiding Presence in Times of Danger Writer John Geiger discusses the Third Man Factor and his book about the mystery | EXPLORATIONS Study Links Smoking to Millions of TB Deaths "If you want to control the infectious disease of TB, you have to control the tobacco industry," a researcher says | HEALTH REPORT More News Headlines Visit our Web Site Special English U.S.A World U.S. History American Life Arts and Entertainment Health Education Business Agriculture Science and Technology Unsubscribe If you no longer wish to receive this E-mail please unsubscribe Need Help? If you have questions about this E-mail newsletter send an e-mail to: voanews@ voanews.com Unsubscribe Voice of America | 330 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington DC 20237