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What A Downed Black Hawk In Somalia Taught America

A U.S. UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flies over Somalia in September 1993, a month before the battle of Mogadishu. Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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What A Downed Black Hawk In Somalia Taught America

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What A Downed Black Hawk In Somalia Taught America

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Angola 3 Inmate Tastes Brief, 'Bittersweet' Freedom

Herman Wallace (left) and his legal team discuss his trip home to New Orleans after his release from prison on Tuesday. Wallace died on Friday. Lauren McGaughy/The Times-Picayune /Landov hide caption

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Angola 3 Inmate Tastes Brief, 'Bittersweet' Freedom

Angola 3 Inmate Tastes Brief, 'Bittersweet' Freedom

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It's Been A Really Bad Week For Classical Music

In Minneapolis, demonstrations in support of musicians have drawn regular support during the yearlong Minnesota Orchestra labor dispute. Euan Kerr/Minnesota Public Radio hide caption

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Deceptive Cadence

It's Been A Really Bad Week For Classical Music

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It's Been A Really Bad Week For Classical Music

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How Verdi Improved On Shakespeare

Johan Botha as the title character and Renée Fleming as Desdemona in the Metropolitan Opera's fall 2012 run of Verdi's Otello. Ken Howard /Metropolitan Opera hide caption

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How Verdi Improved On Shakespeare

How Verdi Improved On Shakespeare

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