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August 14, 2012

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Election 2012

Hecklers Interrupt Ryan At Iowa State Fair Stop

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Million-Dollar Donors

Melons, Squash, Cash: A Million-Dollar Donor Sprouts

5:15

by Joel Rose

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Too Cool for School Grant Geissman 0:20

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Cool Man Cool Grant Geissman 1:30

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Around the Nation

La. Court In Racially Charged Power Struggle, Again

5:59

by Debbie Elliott

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Race

University Of Georgia To Honor First Black Graduate

1:50

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Mysteriously Drawn Lynn Patrick 0:16

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Snapshot Lynn Patrick 0:30

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Dead Stop

A Wild Resting Place For Gunslingers And Cowboys

3:59

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Ballad of Boot Hill Johnny Cash 0:45

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Close Behind Calexico 0:30

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Middle East

Palestinians Fear New Israeli Moves In West Bank

4:52

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

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Africa

Once Safe, Cairo's Streets Now Plagued By Crime

4:07

by Kimberly Adams

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They Move on Tracks of Never-Ending Light This Will Destroy You 0:20

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Threads This Will Destroy You 1:30

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Business

Boosting Travel Options, Google To Buy Frommer's

2:08

by Wendy Kaufman

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The Salt

Crayfish Go On The Menu To Restore Lake Tahoe's Blue Hue

3:23

by Kate McGee

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Business

Original 'Cosmo' Girl Helen Gurley Brown Dies At 90

1:39

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Eatin' Time Virginia Eskin 0:30

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Disorder at the Border Von Freeman 0:55

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Election 2012

Obama Warns Iowans GOP Ideas Aren't Solutions

4:29

by Scott Horsley

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Around the Nation

Georgia Digs Deep To Counter Drought

4:30

by Josephine Bennett

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Pterodactyl Grant Gordy 0:44

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Little Grapes Grant Gordy 1:30

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Shots - Health News

How A Virus In Snakes Could Offer Clues To Ebola In Humans

4:31

by Jon Hamilton

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All Tech Considered

Despite Layoffs, Google's Motorola Strategy Aims At Innovation

3:19

by Steve Henn

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Leaves on the Line - Lego Feet Various Artists 0:17

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Keyop - Lego Feet Various Artists 0:31

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Reporter's Notebook

Through Thick And Thin, Simmons Is Still Sweatin'

4:00

by Sam Sanders

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Birds and the Bees Jewel Akens 0:07

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The District Sleeps Alone Tonight The Postal Service 0:31

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Election 2012

Racial Diversity Absent From GOP Presidential Ticket

4:07

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Media

Eyeing Latinos, NBC News Snuggles Up To Telemundo

4:52

by David Folkenflik

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White Fang Bill Frisell 1:39

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Boubacar Bill Frisell 2:00

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Author Interviews

In The 'Shadow' Of Death, Stories Survive

7:18

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Cambodian Waltz Carl Weingarten 0:27

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My Beautiful Moon Carl Weingarten 0:58

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Around the Nation

Striking Resemblance: Drew Brees, President Hayes

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Europe

Alpine Championship Attracts Finger Wrestlers

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