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Employment Specialist Louis Holliday, right, helps an applicant file for unemployment at a Georgia Department of Labor career center last month in Atlanta. The jobless rate for African-Americans fell from 13.7 to 12.6 percent in July, but that's still twice the rate for whites. David Goldman/AP hide caption

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Jobless Rate Falls For Blacks, But It's Not Good News Yet

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As part of its rebranding effort, Greeley has adopted the slogan "Greeley Unexpected," appearing on a billboard on Highway 34 in Weld County, Colo. Nathan Heffel for NPR hide caption

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Cow Town Opts For Funk Over Funky Smell

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Fred Onovwerosuoke founded the St. Louis African Chorus 20 years ago. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Songs Of Africa: Beautiful Music With A Violent History

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Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) listens as Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) speaks at a forum on immigration in Ames, Iowa, on Friday. Charlie Neibergall/AP hide caption

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Durbin, Harkin Take On Immigration Critic In His Own District

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President Obama speaks about the George Zimmerman acquittal nearly a week after the ruling. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption

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Obama Warms To Speaking Personally About Race

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Daniel Ellsberg was a military analyst in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret study of U.S. government decision-making in Vietnam. Paul J. RIchards/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Pentagon Papers Leaker Daniel Ellsberg Praises Snowden, Manning

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Mike Odette, chef and co-owner of Sycamore Restaurant, finds beets and turnips that will make tasty refrigerator pickles at the Columbia, Mo., farmers market. Abbie Fentress Swanson/Harvest Public Media hide caption

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Pickling Up Your Next Summer Picnic

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Dear Guy Pearce: The Jack Irish stubble is working, though we're not feeling the giant butterfly art. We assume it's in a hoodlum's house, not Jack's, but we'll be watching this weekend just to confirm. Lachlan Moore/Acorn TV hide caption

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Guy Pearce, We Are Pleased To Find You Looking Vaguely Disreputable In 'Jack Irish'

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Dawn of Midi. Left to right: drummer Qasim Naqvi, bassist Aakaash Israni and pianist Amino Belyamani. Falkwyn de Goyeneche/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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From A Jazz Trio, Hypnotic Work That Hardly Sounds Like Jazz

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