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The Empire State Building shines while Greenwich Village remains dark during the 1977 New York City blackout. Carlos Rene Perez/AP hide caption
First-year medical student Ngabo Nzigira gets ready to see a patient at a Kaiser Permanente facility in Sacramento. Andrew Nixon/Capital Public Radio hide caption
The Empire State Building shines while Greenwich Village remains dark during the 1977 New York City blackout. Carlos Rene Perez/AP hide caption
Mystery Writer Evokes The Sights, Sound And Grime Of 1970s New York
NCAA President Mark Emmert answers a question at an April 6 news conference in Arlington, Texas. David J. Phillip/AP hide caption
NCAA Vote Could Boost Student-Athletes' Benefits, Big Schools' Power
A rooftop view of East Baltimore, 1979. Elinor Cahn/Courtesy of Elinor Cahn Photographs, The Photography Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County hide caption
Rich Kid, Poor Kid: For 30 Years, Baltimore Study Tracked Who Gets Ahead
Estela de Carlotto (center), head of the Argentine human rights organization that seeks to reunite babies stolen decades ago with their biological relatives, announced on Monday she had located her 36-year-old grandson. Martin Zabala/Xinhua/Landov hide caption
Stefan Daniel is a 51-year-old German clinical psychologist with multiple sclerosis. He has decided that he will end his life, by taking a barbiturate while sitting in his own living room, when he can no longer see or speak. Esme Nicholson for NPR hide caption
Packages of edible insects lie on a display table at the Denver County Fair. Luke Runyon/KUNC hide caption
Will Americans Buy Bug Snacks? Maybe ... If They're Funny And Cute
Kate Micucci (left) and Riki Lindhome play a fictional version of their real-life joke-folk duo Garfunkel and Oates in a new scripted comedy on IFC. Darren Michaels/SMPSP/IFC hide caption