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Toasting with Champagne is not just for holidays and formal occasions. Viktoria Rodriguez/EyeEm/ Getty Images hide caption

Do you have some free time this Labor Day weekend? Spend it reading about a fascinating frame-up — or pondering the long hours we work. Here, travelers wait for trains at Union Station in Washington, D.C., on Friday, the start of the holiday weekend. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

A waiter carries Champagne during the 'Salon Prive' event at Syon Park stately home in 2014 in London, England. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images hide caption

One chapter in Cathy Huyghe's Hungry for Wine is devoted to the Vinkara vineyards in Turkey where "hero wine" is produced. Courtesy of Cathy Huyghe hide caption

A piece by conceptual artist Lenka Clayton called "63 Objects Taken from My Son's Mouth." cupofjo.com hide caption

In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, a former Red Cross official says, as many as 40 percent of the organization's emergency vehicles were assigned for public relations purposes. This photo, which shows one of the trucks on Long Island, N.Y., in January 2013, is one example of the many publicity photos taken by the Red Cross. Les Stone/American Red Cross hide caption

Shirley Ree Smith, whose prison sentence was commuted by California Gov. Jerry Brown, began creating greeting cards for her grandchildren while she was incarcerated. While she was out of custody after a series of legal appeals, until today, she still faced the possibility of returning to prison. Courtney Perry for NPR hide caption

Death investigations among seniors are often skipped, leaving the growing population vulnerable to neglect and abuse. Andres Cediel/Frontline hide caption