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In Columbus, Ohio, signs of the sequester were hard to find. Kiichiro Sato/AP hide caption
Margaret Thatcher Revisited: When The 'Iron Lady' Sat Down With NPR
Researchers say that aggressive people tend to interpret ambiguous faces as reflecting hostility. iStockphoto.com hide caption
Electrolux's new plant in Memphis, Tenn., is the Swedish appliance company's most modern and high-tech facility. The factory will open this summer while an Electrolux plant in Quebec, Canada, is being shuttered. Andrea Hsu/NPR hide caption
Mount Hope, W.Va., population 1,400, was once a thriving coal town. Today, many of the storefronts in its tiny downtown sit empty. Noah Adams/NPR hide caption
The American actress and singer Annette Funicello, photographed here circa 1960, died April 8, more than two decades after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Henry Gris, FPG/Getty Images hide caption
Director Nidal Hassan spent a year filming in Tartous, a Syrian beach town made up mostly of Alawites who still support embattled President Bashar Assad. Khaled Al-Hariri/Reuters/Landov hide caption
New Jersey grandmother Sylvia Hughes last fall founded a club to teach school children cursive handwriting at her grandson's elementary school. iStockphoto.com hide caption
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