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Westerly Weekends: 'All Things Considered' Shifts Viewpoint

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Food distributed by the Manna Food Center is packed in cardboard boxes to be loaded into clients' cars. Chloe Coleman/NPR hide caption

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Stuck In Poverty Amid Signs Of Recovery

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Nature writer Jackson Landers kept a black widow alive in a jar on his desk for months. Courtesy Jackson Landers hide caption

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Black Widow Spider Fan Gets Dangerously Close To His Subject

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The Whisky a Go Go club on the storied Sunset Strip, once the hub L.A.'s music scene, acknowledged the May 2013 death of The Doors' keyboardist on its marquee: "Rest In Peace Ray Manzarek, Thanks for the Memories." Jason Kempin/Getty Images hide caption

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Walking The Sunset Strip, A Fading Beacon Of Cool

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