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Marion Matthew is a home health aide supporting herself and her 17-year-old son. Pam Fessler/NPR hide caption

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A College Kid, A Single Mom, And The Problem With The Poverty Line

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Even in Sandro Botticelli's painting The Birth of Venus, the goddess's belly resembles a plump, firm tortellino. Wikimedia.org hide caption

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Tortellini, The Dumpling Inspired By Venus' Navel

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Julia Child poses with "the chicken sisters" before an episode of The French Chef in which she teaches us how to roast a bird. Courtesy of Paul Child/PBS hide caption

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Julia Child Was Wrong: Don't Wash Your Raw Chicken, Folks

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An irrigation pivot waters a corn field in Nebraska. Many farmers in Nebraska and Kansas rely on irrigation to water their corn fields. But the underground aquifer they draw from will run dry. Nati Harnik/AP hide caption

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Turning Off The Spigot In Western Kansas Farmland

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Clarence B. Jones this month in Palo Alto, Calif. As Martin Luther King Jr.'s attorney and adviser, Jones contributed to many of King's speeches, including his famous speech at the March on Washington in 1963. Norbert von der Groeben/Reuters/Landov hide caption

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Clarence B. Jones: A Guiding Hand Behind 'I Have A Dream'

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Marine biologist Stefano Piraino thinks overfishing is one of the reasons jellyfish populations are growing. He said if you take fish out of the oceans, it leaves more food for jellyfish. The jellyfish here are known as Pelagia noctiluca, the mauve stinger. Courtesy of Stefano Piraino/MED-JELLYRISK hide caption

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Beachgoers In Spain Face Invasion Of Jellyfish

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Goodie Mob, left to right: Cee-Lo, T-Mo, Big Gipp, Khujo. Bridger Clements/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Goodie Mob: Building New Leaders From The Elders

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