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AP IMPACT: Some lawmakers send few to academies (AP)
November 20th, 2009 | 
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AP – As the nation’s military academies try to recruit more minorities, they aren’t getting much help from members of Congress from big-city districts with large numbers of blacks, Hispanics and Asians.
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Tiny Iowa town has the chargers, awaiting drivers (AP)
AP – Hoping to see the USA in your Chevrolet Volt or Nissan Leaf? The tiny Iowa town of Elk Horn will have plenty of electric charging stations and no wait — if you can get there.
End of an era: Oprah ending show after 25 years (AP)
AP – Oprah Winfrey was set to announce Friday that her powerhouse daytime television show, the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire with legions of fans, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air.
Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD (AP)
AP – Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.
University of Calif. approves big fee hikes (AP)
AP – As protests resounded outside, the University of California Board of Regents approved a fee 32 percent fee increase for students attending the state’s premier public schools.