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(CNN Student News) --   Each month in 2008, CNN Student News will be "Talking Democracy" by introducing an election-year topic on the show and online. From caucuses to conventions and primaries to polls, CNN Student News will be breaking down these election-year concepts for students and teachers.

Classes are invited to show what they know about the political process by submitting iReports to CNN Student News. Classes are encouraged to use original video, music, animation and other production elements to demonstrate their knowledge of each political concept. There's a list of political concepts and the months they will air below. The best iReports may appear on CNN Student News.

This Web page is your one-stop destination for Talking Democracy educational materials and iReport information. As the year unfolds, additional materials will be added to this site that address the different topics your students will learn about in the Talking Democracy series. Be sure to revisit often!

Talking Democracy Topics  January: Caucuses and Primaries February: The Right to Vote March: Political Parties April: Campaign Finance May: Polling June and July: The Issues August: Conventions September: Debates October: What's at Stake? November: Electoral College

Learning Activities

Ã¢â¬Â¢ Caucuses and Primaries Ã¢â¬Â¢ The Right to Vote Ã¢â¬Â¢ Political Parties Ã¢â¬Â¢ Campaign Finance Ã¢â¬Â¢ Polling Ã¢â¬Â¢ Political Issues Ã¢â¬Â¢ Conventions Ã¢â¬Â¢ Debates Viewing Guide Ã¢â¬Â¢ Electoral College Reform Ã¢â¬Â¢ Predict Electoral College Votes

One-Sheets  Ã¢â¬Â¢ Caucuses and Primaries Ã¢â¬Â¢ The Right to Vote Ã¢â¬Â¢ Political Parties Ã¢â¬Â¢ Campaign Finance Ã¢â¬Â¢ Political Polls Ã¢â¬Â¢ Political Issues Ã¢â¬Â¢ Conventions Ã¢â¬Â¢ Debates Ã¢â¬Â¢ Electoral College

Talking Democracy Questions

Use these questions to test your knowledge of the presidential election process, then check the answers to see how you did.

Videos

Ã¢â¬Â¢ Delegates 101  Delegate-hunting can be a mathematical challenge, but CNN's Jill Dougherty says it adds up to American-style democracy. Ã¢â¬Â¢ Right to Vote  CNN Student News explores the right to vote, and an iReporting classroom chimes in with reasons to exercise it. Ã¢â¬Â¢ Political Parties 101  Discover some of the differences between the Democratic and Republican parties. Ã¢â¬Â¢ Campaign Finance 101  Check out some of the rules concerning cash for presidential campaigns. Ã¢â¬Â¢ Polling 101  Discover why a random sampling is an important aspect of an opinion poll. Ã¢â¬Â¢ Conventions 101  CNN Student News takes you behind the scenes of the national political conventions.  Ã¢â¬Â¢ Debates 101 The candidates face off as CNN Student News provides the background and backdrop for presidential debates. Ã¢â¬Â¢ Electoral College 101  CNN Student News' Carl Azuz gives us the 411 on the Electoral College

Interactives

Why delegates matter in the presidential race Click through this interactive for an explanation of the different types of delegates and how they are chosen in the nomination process for the Democratic and Republican parties.

Electoral Map Calculator Use this Electoral College map to examine how the presidential candidates may fare in November's election, based on analysis from the CNN Political Unit. Then call the race yourself! Click on a state, choose a winner, and watch the electoral votes add up.

Cable in the Classroom's eLECTIONS campaign simulation Make all the decisions for a virtual run for the U.S. presidency, allocating budget, selecting key issues, choosing where to campaign, and responding to the opponent's moves and other external events.

Debate Quiz How much do you know about debate history? These questions will test your knowledge and include video of some memorable moments in presidential debate history.

Related Resources

Ã¢â¬Â¢  CNN Election Center 2008 Ã¢â¬Â¢  FEC: 2008 Presidential Caucus and Primary Dates  Ã¢â¬Â¢  Project Vote-Smart.org: How Does the Primary Process Work? Ã¢â¬Â¢  CNN Campaign Trail Jargonbuster

iReports

Students can demonstrate their understanding of election-related topics by sending in their own Talking Democracy iReports. Click here for information on how to send in iReports.

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SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir (CNN) -- Ten people in the disputed territory of Kashmir have been killed in ongoing gunfights between militants and Indian troops, an Indian defense spokesman said Sunday.

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"So far we have lost an army officer and three troopers, while six militants have been gunned down by the army in past three days," Indian defense spokesman, Lt. Col. J.S. Brar told CNN on Sunday.

The fighting started after troops were tipped off about the presence of heavily armed militants in the region. Security forces encircled a forested region to close in on the militants.

Militants opened fire at the troops and both sides traded fire.

"The operations are being conducted in a densely forested and highly foliaged mountain range," Brar said.

The gun battle is the second-longest of the year in Kashmir after the nearly seven-day-long encounter in the mountainous Poonch district of Jammu region in Indian-administered Kashmir in January.

The onset of summer and melting of snows in mountain passes often leads to increased influx of militants from across the Line of Control, police said.

The Line of Control is the border in Kashmir between the Indian- and Pakistani-controlled region of the disputed province.

The other day, India said, Pakistani troops had opened indiscriminate and unprovoked fire at its positions in northern Kashmir along the Line of Control. One trooper was injured.

Kashmir has endured a violent separatist campaign for nearly 20 years, and authorities say 43,000 people have been killed. However, various non-governmental organizations and rights groups put the number of dead at twice the official count.

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ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Lynne Lucas is taking herself off the meat market. Monique Brown is sick of having to look cute all the time. And Scott Hayes is searching for his inner child.

Imari Havard, co-founder of PlayDate, dances with some participants on the dance floor.

It's Saturday night at PlayDate in Atlanta, Georgia, where 400 adults have gathered to play games, drink and socialize.

"It's not your usual bar scene where I look good, you look good, I'm scared to talk to you," Hayes says as he scans a giant Jenga tower for the right block to pull. "You'll talk to anyone when you're playing games, because you're trying to beat them."

Next to Hayes, Brown watches a rambunctious game of Pictionary while a twosome fights it out with Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots nearby. Across the room, Lucas joins her friends in a game of Trouble. And on the dance floor, Imari Havard is hula-hooping with some ladies.

Havard is the co-founder of Timeless Entertainment Concepts, host of PlayDate, with Ryan Hill and Ronald Gaither.

Timeless' mission is clear: provide a fun alternative to the typical nightlife scene for an entrance fee of just $10 per person. In other words, if you're looking for love in all the wrong places, try a game of Hungry Hungry Hippos. Tell us how your and your sweetheart first met

PlayDate began in Atlanta in 2005 and has slowly expanded from a monthly crowd of 80 to 500 twice a month in nine cities across the nation. The three men hope to start affiliates in another 20 markets this year.

"It's a pretty simple word-of-mouth advertising," Havard says of how they've made PlayDate so popular. "The No. 1  question asked on a Monday morning, is 'How was your weekend?' The number two most popular question is 'What did you do?' Well, we've built our entire program around answering those questions."

While Gaither takes care of the legal and administrative aspects, Hill and Havard attend events and deal with affiliates.

The two opposites complement each other. Tonight, Hill wears a red polo shirt and jeans. Havard wears a stingy fedora and a pin-stripe suit jacket. Hill uses the words "overhead," "clientele" and "venue negotiation" regularly in conversation. Havard is more likely to shout phrases like "Patricia's in the house, y'all!"

And while Havard is swiveling his hula-hooping hips, Hill blends into the background.

"Someone has to have a respectful corporate face," Hill says as he laughs at Havard's antics.  See photos from the event Â»

Meanwhile, Alisha Wheeler has on her game face. A man she just met is teaching her to play Scrabble, and it's not as easy as it looks. Wheeler found out about PlayDate on the Internet and decided to check it out.

"To be able to play games again and not be an adult for one night, it's kind of fun," she says. "It's not the typical, uneasy having to go up to someone you don't know, because everyone has on these silly nametags, and [the games] are like an icebreaker."

Todd Jones agrees. A PlayDate veteran, Jones has been coming to the events since they started three years ago. He's even attended launches in other cities and says the atmosphere is the same everywhere.

"When you go to a club, people will stand around. They're very defensive," Jones says. "But here, you really have to intermingle."

Gesturing to the six women he's playing Uno with, Jones says he doesn't come to PlayDate looking to hook up. "I just come here really to have a good time. If something happens after that, then, fine."

Havard says that's the basis of his company, Timeless, which also offers Paint By Numbers and Call Me UP. Paint By Numbers lets people socialize while painting a 100-square-foot mural. Call Me UP is a new interactive take on a stand-up comedy club.

"You go to a nightclub, a lot of times, that scene is the same," Havard says. "It's too loud; it's too dark; it's too smoky. A lot of people have on their nightclub personas, so you don't get to know real people. What we've found with PlayDate is, it lets people let their guard down and be themselves. It's romantic, in a sense, because you begin to connect like you did when you were younger."

Back on the dance floor, Havard narrates a game of musical chairs. As the music stops, a woman and man fight for the last chair. "Girl, you've got a nice booty, but it ain't in the seat," Havard shouts into the microphone. "Everybody say byyyyyeee!"

As the crowd shouts a farewell, Hill looks at his watch, shrugs proudly and smiles.

"It's not every day you can answer 'what do you do for a living?' with 'I have fun, and I make sure other people have fun, too,' " he says. "I mean, where else in the world would you see 30- and 40-year-olds playing musical chairs at midnight?"

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question: What offers an alternative to the nightlife scene?

answer: Timeless Entertainment Concepts,

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question: What does PlayDate offer an alternative to?

answer: the typical nightlife scene

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question: What company runs PlayDate?

answer: Timeless Entertainment Concepts,

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question: What are some activities conducted at PlayDate?

answer: play games, drink and socialize.

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question: What city or cities are PlayDate activities held in?

answer: Atlanta, Georgia,

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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Fires in central and southern California raged Saturday as triple-digit temperatures mixed with dry conditions continued to fuel the flames, torching thousands of acres and threatening scores of homes.

Firefighters look on as fire rages near Ocean View Drive in Los Angeles on Saturday.

Authorities confirmed three civilian injuries from a growing blaze known as the Station fire burning through the Angeles National Forest-La Canada Flintridge.

The blaze nearly quadrupled in size from 5,500 acres Friday to more than 20,000 acres, officials said. The blaze, which grew to more than 20,100 acres, was 5 percent contained early Sunday, officials said. It was upgraded to type 1 brush fire -- the most severe classification.

"Today what happened is what I called a perfect storm of fuels, weather and topography coming together ... essentially the fire burned at will," Mike Dietrich of the U.S. Forest Service said Saturday.

Authorities consider the Station fire an anomaly, as it is not driven by strong winds as most California wildfires.  Watch CNN's Reynolds Wolf explain what's driving the fire Â»

"The fire has been very active on all fronts," U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Randi Jorgensen said.

The fire threatened about 10,000 homes in Los Angeles County and 900 homes were evacuated, she said.  Watch close-up views of the fast-moving fire Â»

"Basically, all the homes that back up to the National Forest in the La Canada-Flintridge are in danger from the fire," Jorgensen said, adding that fire officials have told residents to be prepared for possible evacuation orders.

The Station fire disrupted power to 750 homes. More than 750 workers have been dispatched to control the blaze, which started Wednesday afternoon.  Watch iReport images and descriptions of the fire Â»

Jorgensen confirmed one injury involving heat exhaustion.

A wildfire also hit San Bernardino National Forest, burning 2,200 acres, fire officials said. The blaze, called the Cottonwood fire, started Thursday afternoon about 10 miles from the southern California city of Hemet, officials reported. That blaze was about 10 percent contained Friday evening. Hemet is about 85 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles.

Firefighters fully contained another fire that torched 230 acres about 20 miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles on Friday. The blaze, called the Palos Verdes fire, forced 1,200 people to evacuate and destroyed five homes and two other buildings.

Another fire in the Angeles National Forest had burned more than 2,100 acres. The blaze, called the Morris fire, started Tuesday. That fire was about 85 percent contained Friday evening, officials said.

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(CNN) -- North Korea's apparent cooperation with nations seeking to end its nuclear weapons ambitions -- six years after a deal collapsed and two years after testing a bomb -- may lead to questions about why it would play ball now.

Some signs show North Korean leader Kim Jong Il does intend to drop his nuclear weapon program, experts say.

One school of thought: The communist nation, in desperate economic straits, has long been willing to drop its program for better relations with the United States. But mistakes on both sides interfered, according to Jim Walsh, a national security analyst.

North Korea could be trying to achieve survival through deceit, intending to keep its nuclear weapons as blackmail for better treatment, analysts suggest.

But those making a case for North Korea's sincerity, Walsh said, would say it must "do the things economically that [it needs] to do to avoid collapse."

"Having nuclear weapons when the regime is collapsing won't do them much good," said Walsh, a research associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

North Korea, following a 2007 agreement with five nations including the U.S., handed over a declaration of its nuclear program on Thursday.

The nation also took steps to disable a reactor that officials acknowledge helped extract plutonium to build nuclear weapons. On Friday, it destroyed the reactor's cooling tower -- significant because the tower would take a year or longer to rebuild.  Watch the tower being demolished. Â»

After North Korea's declaration, President Bush said Thursday that he intends to move North Korea from the U.S. list of states that sponsor terrorism.

Down the line, North Korea would receive economic and energy assistance if the U.S. and other nations agree it is complying with other efforts to dismantle its nuclear program.

North Korea has been heavily sanctioned in the past because of its nuclear program. Stephen Hadley, the U.S. national security adviser, told reporters Thursday that the terror list was one incentive for North Korea to drop its nuclear ambitions.

"I think it is important to them not to be on a list that says 'enemies' and not to be on a list that says 'supporters of terror,'" Hadley said.

Walsh said North Korea has been weakened by sanctions and its lack of arable land, leading to a population unable to feed itself.

"It can't grow enough food," Walsh said. "And they've got to attract foreign investors."

He said North Korea was better off in the days of the Soviet Union, when it had an ample amount of communist nations with which to trade. But the Soviet Union collapsed, and many other nations turned away from communism, leaving North Korea increasingly isolated.

"Geostrategically, North Korea was growing weaker, and everyone around them was growing stronger," Walsh said.

In 1994, North Korea pledged to the U.S. that it would freeze and eventually dismantle its nuclear program in exchange for international aid, including help building two power-producing nuclear reactors.

By 2000, however, North Korea was complaining that not all the aid was coming as promised. In 2002, the U.S. accused North Korea of working on a secret nuclear weapons program, and the U.S. said North Korea admitted doing so.

Countries including the U.S. halted oil supplies, and North Korea withdrew from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. It conducted an underground test of a nuclear weapon in 2006.

Walsh said both sides haven't fully lived up to previous agreements. The U.S., he said, promised normalized trade at one point but didn't follow through.

Jon Wolfsthal, senior fellow of the Center for Strategic and International Studies' international security program, said North Korea has been "remarkably consistent" regarding its reactions to U.S. positions.

"When we've engaged them directly, they have responded. And when we have reduced our commitment, to our engagement ... they have responded negatively," Wolfsthal said.

Wolfsthal said China -- which provides oil and food aid to North Korea -- has been instrumental in getting North Korea to cooperate.

"China has gone from being an uninvested ... mediator to being a true participant in this process -- from a country that originally wanted to help the U.S. and North Korea work out their differences to a state that has worked to convince North Korea to meet its obligations," Wolfsthal said.

Wolfsthal said he believes China was embarrassed by North Korea's nuclear test, and shifted course.

"I think that over time, the United States has helped China see that North Korea's unpredictable behavior destabilizes their own backyard," he said.

Walsh and Wolfsthal said another theory has it that North Korea is only playing with negotiators and intends to keep its nuclear program and weapons as a security blanket.

Expanding on that possibility, Wolfsthal said North Korea leader Kim Jong Il could keep the country's nuclear arsenal but agree not to produce any more nuclear weapons.

"Everybody's speculating. None of us has met Kim Jong Il," Wolfsthal said.

Walsh said the West doesn't have hard evidence to determine North Korea's intentions.

"But so far, the evidence is pretty strongly on the side of North Korea wanting a real bargain," Walsh said.

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text: Center

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text: to

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question: What is China embarrassed by?

answer: North Korea's nuclear test,

text: North Korea's nuclear test,

question: What drives North Korea's negotiations?

answer: could be trying to achieve survival through deceit,

text: could be trying to achieve survival through deceit,

question: what do experts say

answer: Some signs show North Korean leader Kim Jong Il does intend to drop his nuclear weapon program,

text: Some signs show North Korean leader Kim Jong Il does intend to drop his nuclear weapon program,

question: what did china do

answer: has been instrumental in getting North Korea to cooperate.

text: has been instrumental in getting North Korea to cooperate.

question: What are North Korea's negotiations driven by?

answer: desperate economic straits,

text: desperate economic straits,

question: What is possible according to experts?

answer: drop his nuclear weapon program,

text: drop his nuclear weapon program,


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NEW YORK (CNN) -- Rapper and actor Clifford Smith, better known to fans as Method Man, was arrested Monday and faces charges of failing to pay taxes, the district attorney in Richmond County, New York, said.

Clifford Smith, better known as Method Man, failed to file tax returns and owes $33,000, authorities say.

Smith, 38, owes the state nearly $33,000 for New York State income tax returns that he did not file between 2004 and 2007, district attorney Daniel Donovan Jr. said in a statement.

The Grammy-winning rapper, an original member of the Wu-Tang Clan, was arrested at his home on Staten Island. He faces a felony charge of repeated failure to file taxes and a misdemeanor charge of failure to pay tax.

The felony carries a sentence of up to four years in prison.

Smith was to appear at an arraignment in Staten Island Criminal Court on Monday.

Smith's attorney Peter Frankel was not immediately available to comment.

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question: How long are charges for evading taxes?

answer: four years

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question: What is Method Man's real name?

answer: Clifford Smith,

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question: What is Clifford Smith known more as/

answer: Method Man,

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question: How long a prison sentence do the charges carry?

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AURORA, Colorado (CNN) -- The Atlanta lawyer with tuberculosis who caused an international health scare after traveling to Europe and back underwent surgery Tuesday to remove the diseased portion of one of his lungs.

TB patient Andrew Speaker set off an international health scare when he traveled to Europe for his wedding in May.

Andrew Speaker, 31, had the roughly two-hour operation to remove the upper lobe of his right lung at the University of Colorado Hospital. He's been under treatment at National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver since the end of May.

CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta, who observed the surgery for about an hour, explained that the unusual procedure consisted of inserting a video camera in a tube in one small incision in the right side of Speaker's chest, and putting instruments through another incision.

When the infected portion of the lung was cut out, it was placed inside a bag while still inside the attorney's chest cavity and the bag was sealed inside a tube before being removed.

The main reason for sealing the infected tissue was to prevent it from re-infecting Speaker as it was removed, Gupta said after the operation.

Doctors also wanted to make sure they didn't "release any of that tuberculosis bacteria into the operating room, into the rest of the hospital," Gupta said before the surgery on CNN's "American Morning." Watch Andrew Speaker discuss his reasons for having surgery with CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta Â»

Doctors said the operation went well and there was not much bleeding, Gupta said.

The portion of the lung that was removed showed the effects of the disease, Gupta said.

"A regular lung is very pink with a smooth, glistening surface," he said. "This had a lot of bumps on it, and the areas that were diseased were very dark with white nodules."

Speaker will most likely recover at the University of Colorado Hospital for another couple of days, and will return to National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver to finish his antibiotic course.

He will still have to continue taking the medications prescribed by his doctors to fight the tuberculosis until cultures taken from him are negative for tuberculosis bacteria for eight weeks.

At that point, he will be considered non-infectious, but he will still be monitored by health care professionals.

Speaker said it was his decision to have the surgery, which is just one of his treatment options.

"With the amount of treatment I'm going to be on, the doctors said if you go ahead and have this surgery, you don't have to worry 10 years from now, or 20 years from now, or 30 years from now if it's ever going to come back, so it's worth the peace of mind to me," the attorney said.

Speaker was originally found to have an extremely drug resistant strain (XDR-TB) of the respiratory disease earlier this year, but on July 3 doctors said he had multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), which is treatable with less toxic drugs.

Speaker and his fiancee had gone to Europe on May 12 for their wedding in Greece, despite warnings from the Fulton County Health Department in Georgia that he should not fly because he risked infecting fellow passengers.

Since then, eight people who shared a flight with Speaker have filed a lawsuit against him, seeking $1.3 million in damages.

Rosalind Yee -- an attorney for the plaintiffs who said her clients include a ninth person related to one of the passengers but who was not on the flight -- said all eight passengers have undergone TB tests since they returned home.

One of them, a 72-year-old man, tested positive for TB on a skin test, though it was not clear that Speaker was the source. The man's X-rays were normal, she said, and he is awaiting results of further tests.

In the past year, there have been about 124 cases of MDR-TB in the United States. About half of those patients have elected to undergo the surgery to remove the diseased portion of their lungs, Gupta said. E-mail to a friend

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text: the

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text: diseased

text: were

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text: with

text: white

text: nodules

text: Speaker

text: will

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text: likely

text: recover

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text: University

text: of

text: Colorado

text: Hospital

text: for

text: another

text: couple

text: of

text: days

text: and

text: will

text: return

text: to

text: National

text: Jewish

text: Medical

text: and

text: Research

text: Center

text: in

text: Denver

text: to

text: finish

text: his

text: antibiotic

text: course

text: He

text: will

text: still

text: have

text: to

text: continue

text: taking

text: the

text: medications

text: prescribed

text: by

text: his

text: doctors

text: to

text: fight

text: the

text: tuberculosis

text: until

text: cultures

text: taken

text: from

text: him

text: are

text: negative

text: for

text: tuberculosis

text: bacteria

text: for

text: eight

text: weeks

text: At

text: that

text: point

text: he

text: will

text: be

text: considered

text: non

text: infectious

text: but

text: he

text: will

text: still

text: be

text: monitored

text: by

text: health

text: care

text: professionals

text: Speaker

text: said

text: it

text: was

text: his

text: decision

text: to

text: have

text: the

text: surgery

text: which

text: is

text: just

text: one

text: of

text: his

text: treatment

text: options

text: With

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text: of

text: treatment

text: I

text: 'm

text: going

text: to

text: be

text: on

text: the

text: doctors

text: said

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text: you

text: go

text: ahead

text: and

text: have

text: this

text: surgery

text: you

text: do

text: n't

text: have

text: to

text: worry

text: years

text: from

text: now

text: or

text: years

text: from

text: now

text: or

text: years

text: from

text: now

text: if

text: it

text: 's

text: ever

text: going

text: to

text: come

text: back

text: so

text: it

text: 's

text: worth

text: the

text: peace

text: of

text: mind

text: to

text: me

text: the

text: attorney

text: said

text: Speaker

text: was

text: originally

text: found

text: to

text: have

text: an

text: extremely

text: drug

text: resistant

text: strain

text: XDR

text: TB

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text: the

text: respiratory

text: disease

text: earlier

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text: year

text: but

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text: doctors

text: said

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text: multi

text: drug

text: resistant

text: tuberculosis

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text: TB

text: which

text: is

text: treatable

text: with

text: less

text: toxic

text: drugs

text: Speaker

text: and

text: his

text: fiancee

text: had

text: gone

text: to

text: Europe

text: on

text: May

text: for

text: their

text: wedding

text: in

text: Greece

text: despite

text: warnings

text: from

text: the

text: Fulton

text: County

text: Health

text: Department

text: in

text: Georgia

text: that

text: he

text: should

text: not

text: fly

text: because

text: he

text: risked

text: infecting

text: fellow

text: passengers

text: Since

text: then

text: eight

text: people

text: who

text: shared

text: a

text: flight

text: with

text: Speaker

text: have

text: filed

text: a

text: lawsuit

text: against

text: him

text: seeking

text: million

text: in

text: damages

text: Rosalind

text: Yee

text: an

text: attorney

text: for

text: the

text: plaintiffs

text: who

text: said

text: her

text: clients

text: include

text: a

text: ninth

text: person

text: related

text: to

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: passengers

text: but

text: who

text: was

text: not

text: on

text: the

text: flight

text: said

text: all

text: eight

text: passengers

text: have

text: undergone

text: TB

text: tests

text: since

text: they

text: returned

text: home

text: One

text: of

text: them

text: a

text: old

text: man

text: tested

text: positive

text: for

text: TB

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text: skin

text: test

text: though

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text: was

text: not

text: clear

text: that

text: Speaker

text: was

text: the

text: source

text: The

text: man

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text: X

text: rays

text: were

text: normal

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text: said

text: and

text: he

text: is

text: awaiting

text: results

text: of

text: further

text: tests

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text: the

text: past

text: year

text: there

text: have

text: been

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text: cases

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text: MDR

text: TB

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text: the

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text: States

text: About

text: half

text: of

text: those

text: patients

text: have

text: elected

text: to

text: undergo

text: the

text: surgery

text: to

text: remove

text: the

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question: What did speaker do that sparked a health scare?

answer: traveling to Europe and back

text: traveling to Europe and back

question: How much is Speaker being sued for?

answer: $1.3 million

text: $1.3 million

question: For what amount is Speaker being sued for?

answer: $1.3 million

text: $1.3 million

question: What is his reason for surgery?

answer: tuberculosis bacteria

text: tuberculosis bacteria

question: Who had TB-infected lung tissue removed?

answer: Andrew Speaker

text: Andrew Speaker

question: How many people are suing Speaker?

answer: eight

text: eight

question: What did doctors remove from Andrew Speaker?

answer: diseased portion of one of his lungs.

text: diseased portion of one of his lungs.

question: What did doctors remove?

answer: the diseased portion of one of his lungs.

text: the diseased portion of one of his lungs.

question: What amount is he being sued for?

answer: $1.3 million

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Adults who were exposed to large amounts of secondhand smoke during childhood have lungs that look different on CT scans from those of people who grew up in a smoke-free environment, a new study suggests.

The harmful short-term effects of secondhand smoke are well known; the long-term consequences aren't as clear.

Specifically, their lungs have slightly more, and larger, emphysema-like "holes" than those with less smoke exposure, says Gina Lovasi, M.P.H., Ph.D., of Columbia University, and her colleagues. Although breathing tests showed that the smoke-exposed lungs were functioning just fine, Lovasi said the changes could signal an increased vulnerability to developing emphysema and other lung problems down the road. Health.com: Should smoking around kids be illegal?

Emphysema is a progressive lung disease characterized by shortness of breath, coughing, fatigue, and weight loss. About 24 million people in the United States have emphysema and/or chronic bronchitis, which together are known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); however about half of those people don't realize they have COPD.

The lung condition is the fourth-leading cause of death in the United States, and smoking is a major cause of COPD. Health.com: I'm a nonsmoker, but I have emphysema due to a rare genetic condition

"The interesting part about this is that we don't know a lot about how the lungs change over time and whether they heal completely after being exposed to tobacco," says Lovasi, who is scheduled to present her findings on Tuesday at the American Thoracic Society's 105th International Conference in San Diego. "We can still see a difference even decades later."

The harmful short-term effects of breathing other people's cigarette smoke are well known, but the long-term consequences aren't as clear. To investigate, Lovasi and her team looked at CT scans of the lungs of 1,781 nonsmoking 45- to 84-year-olds taking part in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) trial. Health.com: 5 celebrities who had -- or are at risk of -- the lung disease COPD

About half of the study participants said that no one with whom they lived  during childhood smoked cigarettes at home, 31 percent lived with one person who smoked at home, and 17 percent lived with two or more smokers.

Lovasi and her team checked the lung CT scans for large areas where the density was similar to air (lung tissue is naturally denser than air), and also calculated what percentage of their lungs was made up of these "holes." Health.com: My smoker's cough turned out to be emphysema

"The lungs are supposed to have air in them, but it's important that the air is interspersed with blood vessels so that we can get the oxygen out of the air," she says. "Small holes can expand over time and merge to form larger holes."

For people who hadn't grown up with smokers, 17 percent of their lung tissue had this air-like density, while "holes" made up 20 percent of the lung area of people who had lived with at least two smokers during childhood. The more heavily smoke-exposed study participants also had more relatively large holes in their lungs. In comparison, "someone with emphysema would typically have between 30 percent and 60 percent of the lungs classified as air-like (or emphysema-like) using the threshold we used for our study," says Lovasi. Health.com: 1 in 3 smokers would kick habit to protect pet

Lovasi says she and her colleagues will be following the MESA participants over time to see how their lungs change, and whether people with more early smoke exposure are indeed more vulnerable to lung problems later on.

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question: What is the number of people in the US that have emphysema or chronic bronchitis?

answer: 24 million

text: 24 million

question: HOw many people are infected with emphysema?

answer: About 24 million

text: About 24 million

question: What did the lungs of adults who grew up with secondhand smoke have?

answer: exposure,

text: exposure,

question: What are the holes characteristic of?

answer: were exposed to large amounts of secondhand smoke during childhood

text: were exposed to large amounts of secondhand smoke during childhood

question: How many people in U.S. have emphysema?

answer: About 24 million

text: About 24 million

question: Characteristics of emphysema are what?

answer: shortness of breath, coughing, fatigue, and weight loss.

text: shortness of breath, coughing, fatigue, and weight loss.