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The Two-Way
3:07 pm
Sun July 8, 2012

Barney Frank Gets Married; The Bridegrooms Wore Black

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Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass., left) and his longtime partner Jim Ready got married in Massachusetts on Saturday.
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Originally published on Mon July 9, 2012 5:50 am

The first openly gay congressman is now the first sitting congressman to be in a same-sex marriage. Democratic Rep. Barney Frank married his longtime partner, James Ready, in a ceremony officiated by Massachusetts Gov. Deval L. Patrick on Saturday.

The setting was low-key — a Marriott hotel in suburban Boston — and the ceremony lasted less than five minutes. Attendees including Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. John Kerry lent suitable gravitas.

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Movies I've Seen A Million Times
1:50 pm
Sun July 8, 2012

The Movie Gabriel Macht's 'Seen A Million Times'

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Tim Curry in The Rocky Horror Picture Show with Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon in 1975.
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Actor Gabriel Macht
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Originally published on Sun July 8, 2012 4:19 pm

The weekends on All Things Considered series Movies I've Seen a Million Times features filmmakers, actors, writers and directors talking about the movies that they never get tired of watching.

For actor Gabriel Macht, whose credits include The Good Shepherd, The Spirit, Love and Other Drugs and the USA TV show, "Suits," the movie he could watch a million times is the rock musical, The Rocky Horror Picture Show. "Tim Curry is just amazing," Macht says.

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The Two-Way
1:24 pm
Sun July 8, 2012

Federer Dashes UK Hopes With Wimbledon Win

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Roger Federer of Switzerland (left) and Andy Murray of Great Britain hold up their trophies after the men's singles final match at Wimbledon Sunday.
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Serena Williams of the U.S. celebrates after her women's singles final match victory on Saturday at Wimbledon.
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Originally published on Mon July 9, 2012 5:49 am

Collapsing to the ground, Switzerland's Roger Federer rolled right back up with a look of joy Sunday as he took in his record-tying seventh title at the All England Club. He beat Britain's Andy Murray 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 in a match that electrified fans and came close to giving the U.K. its first Wimbledon men's singles title since 1936.

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Author Interviews
6:33 am
Sun July 8, 2012

What's Travel Writer Paul Theroux Reading?

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Originally published on Sun July 8, 2012 1:59 pm

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DAVID GREENE, HOST:

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Author Interviews
6:33 am
Sun July 8, 2012

How The Olympic 'Dream Team' Came To Be

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Originally published on Sun July 8, 2012 1:59 pm

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DAVID GREENE, HOST:

Twenty years ago, a dozen basketball players were dispatched to Barcelona to represent the United States in the Summer Olympics. The team was something the world of sports had never seen before and probably never will again. They were simply known as the Dream Team and that's the title of a new book written by Sports Illustrated reporter Jack McCallum. He looks back on a team stacked with big names: Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Charles Barkley and Magic Johnson.

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