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Southern Poverty Law Center President Richard Cohen discusses a federal lawsuit against the Alabama Accountability Act on Monday. Cohen says all students in Alabama can't take advantage of the law. Dave Martin/AP hide caption

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Suit In Alabama Seeks To Stop School Choice Law

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A person has a drink at Dominicus beach in Bayahibe, La Altagracia province, Dominican Republic. Erika Santelices/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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A Vacation Horror Story: Honeymoon Edition

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BlackBerry smartphones on a table during a "BlackBerry Brunch" in June in Berlin. Timur Emek/Getty Images hide caption

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The End Of Buttons: The New Gesture-Control Era

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The San Francisco Public Library has been digitizing its historical document collections for years, including the scrapbooks of famed homicide detective Theodore Kytka. The SFPL is among scores of libraries and archives adding their digital collections to the DPLA. Via San Francisco Public Library hide caption

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Combining The Nation's Digitized Libraries, All In One Place

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A Katsina depicted in a mural at the Museum of Northern Arizona. Laurel Morales/KNAU hide caption

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Reporter's Notebook: Hopi Sacred Objects Returned Home

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Moynat was renowned for products such as the lightweight wicker trunk named Malle Anglaise, or English trunk, which was invented in 1873. This trunk was subsequently improved and a new patent filed in 1889. Courtesy of Moynat hide caption

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Relying On Old Artisan Ways, French Brand Makes Itself Anew

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