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President Obama during his appearance at the White House on Friday.

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How President Obama 'Showed His Brother Card'

8:25pm July 19, 2013

by Mark Memmott

With a very personal message about the Trayvon Martin case and race relations, the president "connected with so many African-American men," says Detroit radio host Angelo Henderson. He's among many commenting on the president's remarks.

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As Banjo Billy drives to one of seven anchor sites that make up the 100-minute tour, he tells crime, ghost and historical stories about buildings along the way.

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Banjo Billy's Bus Tour: History, Mystery And Bad Jokes

11:40am July 19, 2013

by Grace Hood

Boulder, Colo., is usually associated with hiking and the outdoors. But one tour guide makes the town's history come alive through humor.

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The B Reactor is the world's first full-scale nuclear reactor located at the Hanford site in Richland, Wash. The three-story-high block of graphite contains about 2,000 "process tubes" arranged in a grid. These tubes contained uranium, and when enough ura

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A Peek Inside A Once Top Secret Spot In Atomic Age History

11:40am July 19, 2013

by Martin Kaste

Want to take a tour of the world's first full-scale nuclear reactor? It's in Richland, Wash., and if you're lucky, your guide will be one of the people who worked here when the place was still new. Physicist Paul Vinther signed on at the plant in June 1950, and he now gives tours.

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Canadian Woman Picks Marriage Proposal Over Jail Time

7:26am July 19, 2013

Marcia Belyea was on a drive with her boyfriend when she heard a police siren. She was pulled over and told she owed $2,000 in parking tickets and faced 30 days in jail. As she wept in the police car, Belyea was offered a deal. Charges would be dropped if she took her boyfriend's hand in marriage. Believe it or not, she said "yes."

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A Harrisburg Wild West artifact sits inside of a warehouse building owned by the city, seen here in 2011.

Pa. City Tries Wild West Auction To Rope In Cash

6:43am July 19, 2013

by Craig Layne

Harrisburg is auctioning off thousands of items that were supposed to be included in a failed museum — including artifacts said to have ties to Wyatt Earp, Jesse James and Buffalo Bill. City leaders hope the auction will put a dent in Harrisburg's $370 million in debt.

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40 Years Later, A Black-And-White Photo Gets New Life

6:38am July 19, 2013

The Trayvon Martin-George Zimmerman case and the issues of race surrounding it got photographer Joseph Crachiola thinking about a picture he took almost 40 years ago of a group of black and white children playing happily together in the streets of a Detroit suburb. Renee Montagne talks to Crachiola about the photo, which has gone viral since he posted it on Facebook after the Zimmerman verdict.

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Leonard Carpenter in Kentucky, where he grew up, in the early 1940s.

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Grandpa's Story: A Comb, Penknife And Handkerchief

6:00am July 19, 2013

by NPR Staff

A mother talks to her son about the grandfather he never knew.

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Federal Judge Green Lights Suit Against Private Equity Firms

6:00am July 19, 2013

by Chris Arnold

The investor lawsuit claims the companies, including Blackstone, Carlyle and Bain Capital, colluded to drive down prices on hundreds of billions of dollars in takeovers.

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Costume-Clad Comic-Con Fans Descend On San Diego

6:00am July 19, 2013

Renee Montagne talks to Gina McIntyre of the Los Angeles Times about the San Diego Comic-Con, the annual pop culture convention that draws 130,000 fans to the beach-side city, many in costumes. The convention runs through Sunday.

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A Year After Colo. Shooting, Trial Still Far Off

6:00am July 19, 2013

by Ben Markus

One year ago Saturday, James Holmes allegedly opened fire on a crowded theater in Aurora, Colo. Within minutes, 12 people were dead and dozens more injured. The Holmes trial is many months away. How have the city and state responded to the killings over the past year?

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