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  • Michael Shannon plays federal agent Nelson Van Alden on the HBO series <em>Boardwalk Empire. </em>"I think inside of Van Alden is a child — that arrested child — that never really got to develop its own identity," he says.
    Going Under The 'Boardwalk' With Michael Shannon
    The actor plays a righteous federal agent who succumbs to all sorts of temptations on the HBO drama Boardwalk Empire. To build the character of Nelson Van Alden, he says, he worked out an elaborate back story about the agent's childhood. The third season starts Sunday.
  • Field Trip To A Fungi Foray
    What happens at the Northeast Mycological Federation Foray? "Mushrooms only," according to attendee Gary Lincoff, an instructor at the New York Botanical Garden and author of The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms. Science Friday stopped by the conference for mushroom talk, mushroom crafts, mushroom eats and a mushroom hunt.
  • Amateur Astronomers Spot A Jupiter Explosion
    Earlier this week, two amateur astronomers observing Jupiter reported a flash of light in the planet's atmosphere. Astronomer Tony Phillips, of spaceweather.com, describes what astronomers know about the explosion, and whether an asteroid or a comet might be to blame.
  • This guy lives in a computer. Can you get him a job?
    Even If You're All-Powerful, It's Hard To Fix The Economy
    What happens if you slash the price of oil, save Europe and force Congress to make a grand bargain? Not as much as you might think.
  • Oklahoma State seeks rebound from rare blowout
    For most of the players on Oklahoma State's team, the feeling of getting blown out in a college football game was unfamiliar until just last week.The…
  • Ann Romney in New York on Friday tapes an interview with Fox's Neil Cavuto. She also spoke with ABC's Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan.
    What's Behind That White House Door? Just Ask Ann Romney
    Ann Romney dishes on a surprise she received several years ago while taking an unofficial tour of the president's place.
  • President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton return to their seats after speaking during the transfer of remains of the four Americans killed in an attack this week in Benghazi, Libya.
    Obama, Clinton Receive The Bodies Of Americans Killed In Libya
    President Obama said that the four Americans had not only embraced the American ideal, they lived it.
  • Baby giraffe dies at Baton Rouge Zoo
    A female baby giraffe born earlier this week at the Baton Rouge Zoo has died.Officials say the giraffe calf looked fairly healthy Wednesday, nursing as…
  • Anti-U.S. Protests Expand As American Victims Return
    Audie Cornish has a round-up of the protests that broke out across the Middle East Friday, apparently in response to the U.S.-made film mocking the Prophet Mohammed. She also covers the ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base Friday marking the return of the remains of the four Americans killed in Benghazi earlier in the week.
  • Wells planned to learn more about sinkhole
    Officials say drilling on two wells is expected to begin over the next week near the Assumption Parish community of Bayou Corne to learn more about the…
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