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Pieces Of AIDS Quilt Blanket Nation's Capital

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People view the AIDS Memorial Quilt at the National Mall this week.

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A sunrise ceremony is held in 1987 in Washington, near part of the quilt bearing the names of people who have died of AIDS.

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Thousands of people examine the individual panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt as it is displayed in Washington in 1992.

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Volunteers lay out the quilt on the grounds of the Washington Monument in 1992.

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Then-President Clinton and first lady Hillary Clinton visit the quilt on the Mall in 1992, when it was made up of 40,000 panels that covered the equivalent of 24 football fields.

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Marchers carry portions of the quilt through the Mall during a 2001 march in observance of the 20th year of public awareness of HIV and AIDS.

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Visitors tour portions of the AIDS Memorial Quilt on display at the National Mall this week.

By Neda Ulaby

Originally published on Wed June 27, 2012 6:06 pm

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The AIDS Memorial Quilt is too big to display all in one piece. Since 1987, it has grown to more than 48,000 panels that honor the lives of more than 94,000 people who have died of AIDS. The last time the whole quilt was shown together was in 1996, on the National Mall. Now it's back in Washington, D.C., for its 25th anniversary.

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Is A Protest Camp Still Needed In Yemen?

By Kelly McEvers

Originally published on Wed June 27, 2012 7:24 pm

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In Yemen's capital, Sanaa, a sprawling tent city that was home to thousands of protesters for more than a year is beginning to be dismantled. Some refuse to leave Change Square. Others say it's time to get on with building a country.

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No 'Bath Salts' Drug Found In System Of Face-Eating Attacker

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An undated booking mug made available by the Miami-Dade Police Dept., showing Rudy Eugene.

By Eyder Peralta

Back in May, we told you that Miami Police suspected that a man who was shot dead while he bit off another man's face was high on "bath salts."

A Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner's report released today, however, disproves that theory. According to the AP, the only drug found in Rudy Eugene's system was marijuana.

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Wed June 27, 2012

'Beasts' Finds Its Heart In A 6-Year-Old Heroine

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Hatching A Star: The tenacious Hushpuppy, of Benh Zeitlin's Beasts of the Southern Wild, is played by the equally fearless Quvenzhane Wallis, who was plucked for the role from a Louisiana elementary school. "It was an absolute miracle that we found her," Zeitlin says.

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Much as playwright Lucy Alibar's father once did, Hushpuppy's father, played by Dwight Henry (right), encourages his daughter (Wallis) to be tough and strong by saying things like, "Show me your guns."

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Director Benh Zeitlin says Beasts of the Southern Wild was a collaborative effort, with then-6-year-old actress Quvenzhane Wallis contributing lines like, "When you're small, you gotta fix what you can."

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Originally published on Wed February 20, 2013 11:51 am

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The most captivating narrator in a movie right now has to be the fierce, brave 6-year-old girl at the center of director Benh Zeitlin's new film, Beasts of the Southern Wild.

Her name is Hushpuppy, and she lives with her father in the Bathtub, a ramshackle, isolated community that clings to the Louisiana coast — and is perched on the edge of extinction. The Bathtub is cut off by a levee built to protect the other side, but one day, Hushpuppy explains, a storm will blow in and breach that levee.

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Wed June 27, 2012

Thistle And Shamrock: Solas

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The music of Solas is always exciting perhaps because it's constantly evolving. Meet Seamus Egan and Win Horan who chat about their roles in shaping Irish-America's most influential band and share loads of their music with us.

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