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Boston Bombing Investigators Cover A Lot Of Ground

10:51am May 01, 2013

Investigators in the Boston Marathon bombing case are still trying to determine whether the suspects — Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his brother Dzhokhar — worked alone. DNA that appears to belong to a woman was found on a bomb.

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Tulip tree in Alley Pond Park, Queens, taken on Nov. 4, 2005. When it was last measured, it stood 134 feet tall.

New York: A Concrete Jungle And 'City Of Trees,' Too

8:26pm April 30, 2013

by Margot Adler

People generally don't associate trees with New York City, and if they do, they tend to think only of Central and Prospect parks. But the city is filled with old, beloved trees, some dating back more than 200 years, many of them located in the unsung outer boroughs.

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American farms like this iceberg lettuce field owned by Duda Farm Fresh Foods outside Salinas, Calif., are facing a dwindling supply of farmworkers from rural Mexico.

Why An Immigration Deal Won't Solve The Farmworker Shortage

8:01pm April 30, 2013

by Kirk Siegler

Many farmers are cheering government proposals to give thousands of seasonal farmworkers a path to legal status. But even if the bill passes, it won't solve the long-term trend of fewer migrants coming north to work on U.S. farms. Farmers will instead have to learn how to do more with less immigrant labor.

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An Intimate Portrait Of The Tsarnaev Family

2:58pm April 30, 2013

As the investigation into the Boston Marathon bombings continues, countless questions remain about the suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Washington Post senior editor Marc Fisher, discusses his in-depth profile of the Tsarnaevs and their journey to the U.S.

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Garrett Brown with Sylvester Stallone during the filming of Rocky II.

Arts

Steadicam Creator Joins Inventors Hall of Fame

11:32am April 30, 2013

by NPR Staff

Rocky Balboa's sprint up the stairs of the Philadelphia Art Museum is a scene that would have once been impossible to film. Camera innovator Garrett Brown made it possible when he invented the Steadicam. The jack of all trades will be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in May.

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With Or Without Overhaul, Immigration Lawyers In Short Supply

5:48pm April 29, 2013

by Sandhya Dirks

If and when immigration reform passes in Washington, thousands of immigrants are going to need trained immigration lawyers. But advocates say there's a dearth of them even now, leaving a void for untrained or unscrupulous attorneys to mislead clients seeking to navigate the system.

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New episodes of All My Children will be airing on Hulu starting Monday.

Arts

Two Daytime Soaps Return, But Will Fans Follow Online?

3:15pm April 29, 2013

by Craig LeMoult

When ABC canceled the daytime soaps All My Children and One Life to Live in 2011, millions of fans suddenly found themselves left without their daily guilty pleasure. Both shows are relaunching Monday, but they won't be on any TV channel — the soaps are going online.

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Residents of the East Village in New York City look for cellphone reception Nov. 1 after Hurricane Sandy wiped out power and some cell towers.

Economy

After Sandy, Questions Linger Over Cellphone Reliability

1:07pm April 29, 2013

by Tracy Samuelson

Roughly one in four cellphone towers in the path of Hurricane Sandy went out of service. It was a frustrating and potentially dangerous experience for customers without a landline to fall back on. Now, local officials and communications experts are pushing providers to improve their performance during natural disasters.

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States Question What To Do With Surging Tax Revenue

1:07pm April 29, 2013

by Greg Allen

After at least three years of red ink, most states have budget surpluses. It's a sign of a recovering economy and leaves states with a new dilemma: how best to spend the money.

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Pitino Keeps Promise, Gets Tattoo

8:00am April 29, 2013

Once Louisville won the NCAA men's basketball title, there was only one thing for head coach Rick Pitino to do. He promised his players that if they won the title, he'd get a tattoo. A Louisville spokesman tweeted a photo of the 60-year-old coach's back, where his new tattoo is located.

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