Carolina "Maria" Hurtado in the now abandoned maternity ward of the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, where she was sterilized four decades ago. Renee Tajima-Peña hide caption
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Sunday
Andy Warhol Was a Hoarder book cover hide caption
Book Diagnoses Darwin With Anxiety And Warhol As A Hoarder
Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms stand next to the outbuilding located near the Randy Weaver home near Naples, Idaho, in September 1992. Gary Stewart/AP hide caption
The Federal Response To Oregon Occupation May Have Roots In Ruby Ridge
Saturday
Harry Rubenstein talks about memorabilia from different presidential campaigns. Brandon Chew/NPR hide caption
From Axes To Flip-Flops: A Peek At 200 Years Worth Of American Political Swag
Thursday
(Left) Bob Ebeling in his home in Brigham City, Utah. (Right) The Challenger lifts off on Jan. 28, 1986, from a launchpad at Kennedy Space Center, 73 seconds before an explosion killed its crew of seven. (Left) Howard Berkes/NPR; (Right) Bob Pearson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
30 Years After Explosion, Challenger Engineer Still Blames Himself
Tuesday
The original Kitty in Boots, which Beatrix Potter illustrated herself Courtesy Frederick Warne Co. the VA Museum via Penguin hide caption
Nyumah (left) and Sahr, just a few days after the dramatic bonï¬re ceremony that restored their friendship. Sara Terry/Catalyst for Peace hide caption
Fambul Tok: Forgiveness And 'Family Talk' In Sierra Leone
Monday
Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters gather in Tahrir Square in Egypt on Feb. 11, 2011, the day Hosni Mubarak stepped down. Amr Diab/ASSOCIATED PRESS hide caption
Sunday
A statue of Cecil Rhodes stands on Oriel College at Oxford University. Flickr user Jonathan/Flickr.com hide caption
In Quest To Fell Rhodes Statue, Students Aim To Make Oxford Confront History
Friday
Katerina Maylock teaches a college test preparation class at Holton Arms School in Bethesda, Md. The current version of the SAT college entrance exam is having its final run, when thousands of students nationwide will sit, squirm or stress through the nearly four-hour reading, writing and math test. A new revamped version debuts in March. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Thursday
A history actor/interpreter at Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. David M. Doody/Courtesy of Colonial Williamsburg hide caption
Wednesday
Dr. Hans Asperger with a young boy at the Children's Clinic at the University of Vienna in the 1930s. Courtesy of Maria Asperger Felder hide caption
Tuesday
In researching their book, Caren Zucker and John Donvan tracked down Donald Gray Triplett (center), the first person officially diagnosed with autism. Now in his 80s, Triplett has had a long, happy life, Donvan says, maybe partly because his hometown embraced him from the beginning as " 'odd, but really, really smart.' " Courtesy of Penguin Random House hide caption
'In A Different Key' Traces History And Politics Of Autism
Amigo Bob Cantisano and his partners believe these chestnuts come from a Marron de Lyon tree, originally from France. He thinks the tree was one of many varieties of fruit, grape and nut plants introduced into California by Felix Gillet, a French nurseryman, in the late 1800s. Lisa Morehouse/KQED hide caption