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A police officer stands guard at the scene of a Metro-North passenger train derailment in the Bronx borough of New York on Dec. 1. John Minchillo/AP hide caption

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N.Y. Train Crash Spotlights Push For Automatic Safety System

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To test a theory that the Dutch master Johannes Vermeer used lenses, mirrors and other tools to create his masterpieces, inventor Tim Jenison sets out to re-create the method — and the paintings — in the dazzling documentary Tim's Vermeer. Shane F. Kelly/High Delft Pictures/Sony Pictures Classics hide caption

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Behind Great Art, The Artist's Painstaking Process

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Behind Great Art, The Artist's Painstaking Process

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A file photo dated 1961 of South African anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela. STF/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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To Better Remember Nelson Mandela, Get To Know This 'Country'

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To Better Remember Nelson Mandela, Get To Know This 'Country'

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