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Monkey See
3:54 pm
Mon April 30, 2012

Can The Networks Ever Create Another Night Of 'Must-See TV'?

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Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer appear in the baby birth episode of NBC's Friends.
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Seen here in August 2010, Warren Littlefield is the former president of NBC.
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Middle East
3:37 pm
Mon April 30, 2012

In Israel, A Rift On How To Deal With Iran

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embraces Meir Dagan, the then-outgoing chief of the Mossad intelligence agency, in January 2011. Dagan is among former security chiefs who have recently criticized Netanyahu, saying he has exaggerated the urgency of the threat posed by Iran's nuclear program.
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Yuval Diskin, who recently stepped down as head of the Shin Bet security service, has criticized the prime minister's approach to Iran. Diskin is shown here in 2005.
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Originally published on Sun May 6, 2012 8:05 am

As Israel wages an intense daily debate about Iran and its nuclear program, a rift between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel's former intelligence chiefs has become public.

The recently retired head of internal security, Yuval Diskin, has bashed Netanyahu and his Defense Minister Ehud Barak, calling them unfit to lead the country.

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The Two-Way
3:34 pm
Mon April 30, 2012

VIDEO: A Lyrical, Beautiful View Of Saturn And Jupiter

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By Eyder Peralta

From time to time we point to pictures released by NASA of our world outside our planet. But it's always nice when someone takes those raw, disparate images and puts them into some kind of narrative.

Sander van den Berg has taken images of Saturn and Jupiter from the Cassini and Voyager missions and made this stunningly beautiful video:

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The Record
3:10 pm
Mon April 30, 2012

The Music And Meaning Of 'Paris Is Burning'

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Performers featured in Jennie Livingston's 1990 documentary Paris Is Burning.
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Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 6:52 pm

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Shots - Health Blog
3:09 pm
Mon April 30, 2012

Robots Win Battle For Attention At Science Fair

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Budding scientists, engineers and doctors lined up to try surgical robots from Intuitive Surgical at a science festival in Washington, D.C., over the weekend.
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Originally published on Mon April 30, 2012 3:32 pm

Kids love robots.

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NPR Story
3:03 pm
Mon April 30, 2012

Preview Ask Me Another

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A preview of the new program "Ask Me Another"

Religion
2:57 pm
Mon April 30, 2012

From Minister To Atheist: A Story Of Losing Faith

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Teresa MacBain pauses while talking about her ongoing job search. She has been out of work since leaving her position as a Methodist pastor earlier this year.
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Teresa MacBain walks her dog, Gracie, at a park near her Tallahassee, Fla., home. After a lifetime in the church, MacBain came out as an atheist at an American Atheists' convention in Bethesda, Md.
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Teresa MacBain's husband, Ray MacBain, says he still believes in God but defends his wife's right not to.
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Teresa MacBain makes breakfast for her son David, 22, while he is home on leave from serving in the Army. MacBain says she is still adjusting to life outside the church.
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Originally published on Mon April 30, 2012 7:33 pm

This is the first in a series of stories on losing faith.

Teresa MacBain has a secret, one she's terrified to reveal.

"I'm currently an active pastor and I'm also an atheist," she says. "I live a double life. I feel pretty good on Monday, but by Thursday — when Sunday's right around the corner — I start having stomachaches, headaches, just knowing that I got to stand up and say things that I no longer believe in and portray myself in a way that's totally false."

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The Salt
2:46 pm
Mon April 30, 2012

Farmers Cheer Administration's About-Face On Limiting Teen Farm Work

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Farmers saw the administration's proposal as a threat to their way of life
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Originally published on Tue May 1, 2012 7:41 am

When the Obama administration proposed new restrictions on teens working on farms last year, labor leaders and child welfare advocates cheered.

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It's All Politics
2:35 pm
Mon April 30, 2012

Romney Campaign Tries To Reopen Obama-Clinton Primary Fight Wounds

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President Obama and former President Bill Clinton golf together in September 2011. The former president is campaigning for Obama, four years after the two men exchanged harsh words during the Democratic primary battle between Obama and then-Sen. Hillary Clinton.
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By Arnie Seipel

Throughout the Republican primary campaign, opponents of Mitt Romney have handed President Obama lots of potential general-election fodder in their attacks on the front-runner.

And now that Romney is the presumptive GOP nominee, he's dipping back four years to the 2008 Democratic primary battle for some ammunition of his own.

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Europe
2:27 pm
Mon April 30, 2012

Peace, Justice Elude Rape Victims Of Bosnian War

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Bosnian Muslim women hold posters with the names of the missing during a protest at the U.N. office in Sarajevo in 2008. Hundreds of wartime rape victims were protesting the decision of the U.N. war crimes tribunal to reject the prosecution's request for rape charges to be added against two Bosnian Serbs who were on trial for other war crimes.
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The city lined up 11,541 red chairs in 825 rows representing the 11,541 Sarajevans who were killed during the siege of Sarajevo.
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Sarajevans placed toys and flowers on the chairs, which remained empty through memorial ceremonies.
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Red chairs fill a main street in Sarajevo on April 6, 2012, as the city marks the 20th anniversary of the start of the Bosnian war.
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Nearly two decades after the Bosnian War ended, thousands of Bosnian women who were victims of sexual violence are still seeking justice.

Sarajevo, the Bosnian capital, commemorated the 20th anniversary of the start of the war this month with a young people's choir performing John Lennon's song "Give Peace a Chance." Row after row of empty red chairs marked the more than 11,500 people who died during the siege of the capital.

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