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The Salt

Giant Renaissance Food People Descend Upon New York()  

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May 19, 2013 Giuseppe Arcimboldo was a 16th-century artist who liked to play with his food, transforming it into the building blocks of many of his fantastical portraits. Artist Philip Haas has taken those portraits out of museums, reinterpreting them as colossal statues that interact with the natural environment.

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Environment

With Rising Seas, America's Birthplace Could Disappear()  

Colonists built the original glass-blowing kiln in Jamestown, Va., at this beach for easy access to the sand. Now the site is just inches above the water level.

May 14, 2013 By the end of the century, ocean levels could rise by 2 or 3 feet. That's enough to flood the colonists' first settlement at Jamestown, Va. And it's putting pressure on archaeologists to get as many artifacts out of the ground as quickly as possible — before it's too late.

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Author Interviews

'Guns At Last Light' Illuminates Final Months Of World War II()  

British tanks move to support their infantry during the Battle of the Bulge.

May 14, 2013 Historian Rick Atkinson's new book completes his trilogy on the second world war. He tells NPR's Steve Inskeep that the events of the war may be 70 years in the past, but they're still very much a part of American culture.

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Census: Black Voting Rate Topped Rate For Whites In 2012()  

Voters wait in line to cast their ballots at Cleveland Avenue Baptist Church in Kansas City, Mo., on Nov. 6, 2012.

May 8, 2013 New details from a Census survey shows just how much more diverse the American electorate is becoming, with political implications still to come.

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Fine Art

Family Fights Sale Of Iconic Thomas Cole Painting()  

Thomas Cole completed Portage Falls on the Genesee in 1839.

May 6, 2013 While serving as governor of New York, William Seward received a Thomas Cole landscape painting as a gift for his work on the Erie Canal. Since then, its value has exploded and its caretakers are looking to sell. On Tuesday, Seward's great-great-grandson will be in court to try to stop them.

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