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HI-HO, HI-HO, ON A SINGING HIKE WE GO

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Music teacher Maura Volante leading students on her "Woods Walk Singing", a singing hike (Photo by Karen Kelly)
In many cultures, people sing as they work or as they travel. But in North America, most of us aren't comfortable singing out loud in public. Karen Kelly reports on a music teacher who's trying to change that - by taking her students into the woods:

Maura Volante's website

The American Hiking Society's website


Producer: Karen Kelly
Release Date: August 25, 2008
Running Time: 3:06

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WINTER'S CHILL TO BRING BIGGER BILL

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Due to the price of natural gas and crude oil, it is predicted that it will cost you much more to heat your home this winter (Photo by John Ferguson, courtesy of FEMA)
As summer winds down, you're probably not thinking about your heating bill. But that's something market analysts are thinking about right now. And reporter Kyle Norris finds the predictions of what it will cost to heat your home are going up in a big way:

A related article from The Boston Globe

The stats and figures from the US Energy Information Administration


Producer: Kyle Norris
Release Date: August 25, 2008
Running Time: :44

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