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Ten Questions: House hears testimony on Tillman, Hip-hop mogul calls for lyrics ban

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(CNN Student News) -- April 25, 2007

Answer the following questions about today's featured news stories. Write your answers in the space provided.

1. Who was Pat Tillman? Who is Jessica Lynch?

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2. What is the purpose of the congressional hearings featured in the segment?

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3. According to the program, what accusations were made against the U.S. military during yesterday's hearings?

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4. Do you think that the U.S. military should respond to these accusations? If so, how? If not, why not?

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5. Who is Russell Simmons? What ban does he want the recording and broadcast industries to institute? Why is Simmons calling for this action?

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6. According to the segment, what are Reverend Conrad Tillard's and Simmons's views on the impact of hip hop?

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7. What is your opinion of the proposed voluntary ban?

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8. Why do you think that text messaging is popular among young people?

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9. How do you think that abbreviations like "LOL" and "BRB" become part of the text-messaging lexicon?

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10. In what ways, if any, has text messaging impacted your life? Explain.

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