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All Songs Considered Blog
5:01 pm
Wed June 27, 2012

'Big Easy Express': Three Bands, One Train, A Ton Of Music

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Originally published on Thu June 28, 2012 7:25 am

Attention fans of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Mumford & Sons and Old Crow Medicine Show: You are bound for glory! Big Easy Express is a new film featuring all three bands and their whistle-stop journey from Oakland to New Orleans aboard a vintage train.

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Election 2012
4:51 pm
Wed June 27, 2012

Some Democrats To Skip Obama's Renomination Party

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Bank of America stadium in Charlotte, N.C., where President Obama will accept his party's nomination on Sept. 6.
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Joe Manchin, then-governor of West Virginia, speaks at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. Now a U.S. senator up for re-election, Manchin said he won't attend the convention in Charlotte, N.C.
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Originally published on Fri June 29, 2012 2:52 pm

This summer's Democratic National Convention has already gotten shorter, shrinking from the traditional four-day extravaganza to three days. Now it appears the attendance for the event is shrinking, too.

At least a dozen Democrats say they won't be able to make it to Charlotte, N.C., when the convention begins Sept. 4. It's no coincidence that all are facing tough election campaigns in places where President Obama's popularity lags.

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Shots - Health Blog
4:47 pm
Wed June 27, 2012

Can IVF Treatments Reverse A Woman's Biological Clock?

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Human embryos under a microscope at an IVF clinic in La Jolla, Calif.
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Originally published on Wed June 27, 2012 5:20 pm

Modern reproductive technologies can give older women the same chances of having a baby as younger women, researchers reported Wednesday.

The new study found that women age 31 and younger have about a 60 percent to 75 percent chance of having a baby after three IVF cycles. The chances drop to about 20 percent to 30 percent for women ages 41 or 42, and to about just 5 percent to 10 percent for those age 43 or older.

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Around the Nation
4:47 pm
Wed June 27, 2012

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

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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Middle East
4:47 pm
Wed June 27, 2012

Is A Protest Camp Still Needed In Yemen?

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

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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