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  • The father-daughter team of Mal and Jennifer Sharpe continue their exploration of "photo walls" -- collections of pictures of friends and celebrities often seen at small businesses. In this episode, they take us to Pioneertown, the site of an old cowboy movie set in the high desert of Southern California.
  • In Iran's presidential election, former president Hashemi Rafsanjani and Tehran Mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are set to contest a run-off election Friday. But one of the losing candidates has charged that the vote was rigged, prompting authorities to order a partial recount.
  • Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin makes an emotional apology on the Senate floor for remarks he made regarding mistreatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay prison camp. The two-term Democrat caused an uproar last week when he said information in an FBI report about interrogation methods at Guantanamo reminded him of Nazis, Soviets and other infamous regimes.
  • As a student of history, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has studied the collapse of thriving civilizations. He believes strong leadership can protect America from a similar fate.
  • Director George Romero unveils another installment in his series of B-movie zombie classics. At the world premiere of Land of the Dead in Pittsburgh, where Romero filmed most of his movies, fans sing his praises.
  • Jurors report they are split 6-6 in the murder trial of former Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen. The 80-year-old defendant is accused of organizing the killing of three voting rights volunteers in Philadelphia, Miss., in 1964. It was one of the civil rights era's most notorious crimes.
  • Thad Cockrell and Caitlin Cary share songwriting duties — and duet vocals — on their new album, Begonias. For the well-traveled friends, it's all about the golden age of country duets: the 1970s.
  • About 400,000 young pilgrims from around the globe are arriving in Cologne for World Youth Day. But the tiny town of Marktl -- where Pope Benedict was born -- has also become a pilgrimage destination.
  • Critics have praised the building and mostly panned the exhibitions. Do they not get it? Or is the museum just not intended for them? Is there another way to present history and culture in a museum? The National Museum of the American Indian nears its first anniversary.
  • Pope Benedict XVI returns to his homeland to take part in World Youth Day in Cologne, Germany. This is the new pope's first international event since his election four months ago. Observers will watch closely to see whether he has the same impact on the world's young Catholics as his predecessor.
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