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Mayeli Vasallo (left) and Jorge Monte pump gas in Miami in April. The average price of a gallon of gas has dropped 20 cents in the last month, to $3.73. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

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The Price We Pay: Gas Is Down, Maybe For A While

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California's Legislative Analyst's Office said the latest proposal to build a $68.4 billion high-speed train system is still too vague and the state legislature should not approve funding it for it this year. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption

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Lack Of Support Puts The Brakes On High-Speed Rail

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Steve Jobs filed more than 300 patents, now on display at the Smithsonian's S. Dillon Ripley Center in Washington, D.C. Melisa Goh/NPR hide caption

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Steve Jobs Didn't Invent Design, But He Patented It

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Conservator Angelyn Bass cleans and stabilizes the surface of a wall of a Mayan house that dates to the ninth century. The figure of a man who may have been the town scribe appears on the wall to her left. Tyrone Turner/Copyright 2012 National Geographic hide caption

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Mayan Artwork Uncovered In A Guatemalan Forest

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Gil Evans in the studio with Miles Davis, circa 1970. Michael Ochs Archives hide caption

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Gil Evans, Essential Jazz Arranger, At 100

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee greet each other before a meeting in Kolkata, India, on May 7. Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Hillary Clinton: 'Incredible Rush' Will Have Its End

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A fishmonger prepares her wares at the Sydney Fish Market. Brendon Thorne/Getty Images hide caption

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Bring On The 'Yabbies': Australia Ditches The Bad British Food

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Grandma Sara Garcia holds Jasmine's mother, Marta. Courtesy of Jasmine Garsd hide caption

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¡Mami! Four Latin Songs For Mother's Day

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