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With Chemistry And Care, Conservators Keep Masterpieces Looking Their Best

Senior conservator of paintings Ann Hoenigswald works to fill in elements of Paul Cézanne's Riverbank c. 1895 in the National Gallery of Art's Paintings Conservation Lab in Washington, D.C. Liam James Doyle/NPR hide caption

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Fine Art

With Chemistry And Care, Conservators Keep Masterpieces Looking Their Best

Armed with cotton swabs, strong solvents and a lot of training, conservators are entrusted with restoring priceless works of art. At the National Gallery of Art we learn that varnish is enemy No. 1.

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News Brief: Cost Of GOP's Health Bill, Travel Ban Gets A Reprieve

by Tamara Keith , Joel Rose , Anthony Kuhn

News Brief: Cost Of GOP's Health Bill, Travel Ban Gets A Reprieve

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History of Our Time

Why Social Disconnect Helps To Fan The Flames Of Bigotry

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Europe

Paternity Suit: Salvador Dali's Body Ordered Exhumed

by Lauren Frayer

Paternity Suit: Salvador Dali's Body Ordered Exhumed

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TSA Agents In Boston Screen Lobster And Allow It To Fly

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Meet Me In The Basement

Asia

U.S. To Declare China A Significant Human Trafficking Offender

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U.S. To Declare China A Significant Human Trafficking Offender

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Law

Supreme Court Wraps Up Term With A Raft Of Opinions

by Nina Totenberg

Supreme Court Wraps Up Term With A Raft Of Opinions

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Sway, Sway Heinali

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Cross the Ocean Helios

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Free Wheelin Bachman-Turner Overdrive

Africa

Activists Try To Sway Trump On Sudan Decision Before July Deadline

by Michele Kelemen

Activists Try To Sway Trump On Sudan Decision Before July Deadline

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Bravery D.P.Kaufman

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Fine Art

With Chemistry And Care, Conservators Keep Masterpieces Looking Their Best

by Susan Stamberg

With Chemistry And Care, Conservators Keep Masterpieces Looking Their Best

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Law

Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Trump's Travel Ban Case Next Term

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In This LA Neighborhood, Protest Art Is A Verb

Anti-gentrification activists staged a protest outside Weird Wave Coffee Brewers recently, chanting "Weird Cafe has got to go." Saul Gonzalez/KCRW hide caption

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In This LA Neighborhood, Protest Art Is A Verb

by Saul Gonzalez

In This LA Neighborhood, Protest Art Is A Verb

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Language of Memory Obfusc

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Fern Zoe Keating

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Mom Of Cross-Border Shooting Victim 'Still Waiting For Victory'

Maria Guereca in her apartment in Juarez, Mexico, holding a picture of her son, Sergio Hernandez the day the Supreme Court news came down. He was killed by a Border Patrol agent seven years ago this month. John Burnett/NPR hide caption

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Law

Mom Of Cross-Border Shooting Victim 'Still Waiting For Victory'

by John Burnett

Mom Of Cross-Border Shooting Victim 'Still Waiting For Victory'

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Europe

Turkey's Presidential Guards Not Allowed At G-20 Summit, Germany Says

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Turkey's Presidential Guards Not Allowed At G-20 Summit, Germany Says

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Name Of New York City Bridge Has Been Misspelled For Decades

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Bartender - Instrumental T-Pain

Politics

Democrats Need To Manage Election Expectations Better, Rep. Bustos Says

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Law

Pharmacy Executive Sentenced To Prison For His Role In Meningitis Case

by Gabrielle Emanuel

Pharmacy Executive Sentenced To Prison For His Role In Meningitis Case

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Drifting David Napihi Burrows

Health Care

Enrollees Who Work Still Need Medicaid, Kaiser Survey Shows

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Time The American Dollar

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Jade Wise-Magraw

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Just Like Heaven The Cure

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Middle East

White House Releases Unexpected Statement About Syria

by Scott Horsley , Alison Meuse

White House Releases Unexpected Statement About Syria

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Analysis

Supreme Court Will Rule On Trump's Travel Ban In The Fall

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Politics

More Time Is Needed To Study Health Bill, Sen. Johnson Says

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Technology

Google Fined Record $2.7 Billion In EU Anti-Trust Ruling

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