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Bumper-to-bumper traffic plagues Interstate 405 near Los Angeles. The freeway will be closed for 53 hours starting Friday for a billion-dollar widening project. Reed Saxon/AP hide caption

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More Roads May Pave The Way To More Traffic

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Steve Braithwaite sits in the driver's seat of his Big Banana Car in front of a closed nightclub in Allentown, Pa. Steve Braithwaite hide caption

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Banana Car Prepares To Slip Out For World Tour

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A worker inspects tomatoes at the West Coast Tomato plant in Palmetto, Fla. The Sunshine State produces one-third of all fresh tomatoes in the U.S. Robert Browman/Getty Images hide caption

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The Troubled History Of The Supermarket Tomato

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Ledisi's fifth and latest album is called Pieces of Me. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Ledisi: A Singer's Second Life

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