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The walk to the zoo that turned into a billion-dollar deal. How did YouTube become an overnight Internet success? Plus, the UN calls October a record-breaking deadly month for Iraqi citizens, and a window on life and death nearly a millennium ago. The spectacular discovery of pre-Incan tombs in Peru. Sara Terry guest hosts.
By Sara Terry • • 1h 0m ListenThe walk to the zoo that turned into a billion-dollar deal. How did YouTube become an overnight Internet success?Plus, the UN calls October a record-breaking deadly month for Iraqi citizens, and a window on life and death nearly a millennium ago. The spectacular discovery of pre-Incan tombs in Peru. Sara Terry guest hosts.
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3 storiesUN Cites Record-High Monthly Death Toll for Iraqi Civilians
In Baghdad, the United Nations announced today that 3709 Iraqi civilians were killed in October. It's the highest monthly toll since the US-led invasion in March, 2003. It's also far higher than the count of nearly 2900 American soldiers killed during the entire conflict.
Read the story6 minYouTube Video-Sharing Site Is Changing Popular Culture
Find out what happens when you put a box of Mentos in a bottle of Diet Coke. Watch a US senator make the mistake that lost him the race. It all started with one video of a trip to the zoo.
Read the story36 minArcheologists Excavate 1000 Year-Old Tombs in Northern Peru
Archaeologists working in Peru announced yesterday that they have made an important find, a complex of tombs that casts new light on the Sicán culture, which pre-dates the Incas.
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