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President Obama arrives on the South Lawn of the White House on Friday. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption

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Have Obama's Troubles Weakened Him For Fall's Fiscal Fights?

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Doug Rauch wants to take wholesome food that grocers have to throw away and cook and sell it as low-cost, prepared meals. Bunnyhero/Flickr hide caption

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Trader Joe's Ex-President To Turn Expired Food Into Cheap Meals

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Jack Gantos recently won the Newbery Medal, the highest award in children's literature, for his novel Dead End in Norvelt. Anne Lower/Courtesy of Farrar, Straus and Giroux hide caption

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A Road Trip Sparks An Unlikely Friendship In 'Norvelt To Nowhere'

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A marriage made in New York, though both partners came with plenty of baggage. Jerry Deutsch/iStockphoto.com hide caption

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No Schmear Job: A Brief History Of Bagels And Lox

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House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks at a Republican rally Friday after the House passed a measure that would temporarily fund the government while crippling President Obama's health care law. The Senate is not expected to follow suit. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption

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What's Next In The Congressional Budget Showdown?

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Isaiah Washington (left) plays a sort of fatal father figure to Tequan Richmond's Lee in Blue Caprice. The characters are inspired by the so-called Beltway snipers, who killed 10 people in and around Washington, D.C., in 2002. IFC Films hide caption

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Isaiah Washington, Taking On A Killer Of A Character

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Leonard Bernstein's Age of Anxiety symphony is as unconventional as its creator. Courtesy of Library of Congress hide caption

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Leonard Bernstein's Unconventional 'Anxiety'

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