Conservative Republicans and business leaders are butting heads when it comes to the Common Core standards. iStockphoto hide caption

Steve Coogan brings his Alan Partridge character — a conceited, petty, utterly inept broadcast blowhard who once killed a guest on live TV — to the big screen in Alan Partridge. Magnolia Pictures hide caption

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Thanks to an agreement between the U.S. and Mexico, water is flowing to 35 million people in both countries along the Colorado River Delta. At least for now. Ted Robbins/NPR hide caption

Josie Maisano poses with her congressman, Democrat Sander Levin of Michigan. Levin says if Congress can't respond to people like Maisano, "we've failed." Tamara Keith/NPR hide caption

Trinity Groves, a sprawling food incubator in West Dallas, has attracted diverse chefs and huge crowds. Rebecca Combs/Courtesy of Trinity Groves hide caption

Gas and oil extraction using hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is at the heart of the recent U.S. oil and gas boom. Here, an oil field on the Monterey Shale formation in McKittrick, Calif. David McNew/Getty Images hide caption

Mozilla co-founder Brendan Eich in 2010. Drew McLellan/Flickr hide caption

A portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin is on display at the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Dallas. Benny Snyder/AP hide caption