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Alan Lambert
Host of Big Band Saturday Night
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John Henshaw
Co-host, Science Matters
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Jerry McCoy
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Parallels
3:02 pm
Mon May 20, 2013

Iran's 'Zahra' Tells Alternate Tale Of Presidential Campaign

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A panel from Amir Soltani's Zahra on the Campaign Trail.
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Iranian men register their candidacy for the June presidential election at the Interior Ministry in Tehran earlier this month. Some 700 candidates have registered, but most will be disqualified.
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Originally published on Mon May 20, 2013 4:28 pm

Iranians choose a new president next month, and one thing Iran's leaders are intent on avoiding is a repeat of the massive street protests that followed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's controversial re-election in 2009.

The sponsors of those protests, known as the Green Movement, have been effectively silenced inside Iran, but not online. The heroine of a graphic novel about the violent suppression of dissent in 2009 is now launching a virtual campaign of her own.

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The Two-Way
2:46 pm
Mon May 20, 2013

British Aircraft Carrier HMS Ark Royal Heads For Scrap Yard

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The HMS Ark Royal steams into Portsmouth, England, for the last time on Dec. 3, 2010, in preparation for decommissioning.
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Originally published on Mon May 20, 2013 4:22 pm

The people of Portsmouth, England, on Monday turned out to bid farewell to the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, destined for a Turkish scrap yard after its decommissioning two years ago.

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The Salt
2:27 pm
Mon May 20, 2013

Washington State Butcher Spikes Pig Feed With Weed

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William von Schneidau, who owns the BB Ranch butcher shop at Pike Place Market in Seattle, has made prosciutto from pigs fed marijuana.
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Originally published on Mon May 20, 2013 4:16 pm

William von Schneidau, an intrepid butcher in Seattle, is giving a whole new meaning to "potbelly pig." Lately, he's been feeding marijuana refuse to the pigs he turns into prosciutto for BB Ranch, his butcher shop in the city's famous Pike Place Marke

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The Salt
2:01 pm
Mon May 20, 2013

Sandwich Monday: The Saltwich

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The pretzel shape provides nice little windows through which you can see your poor choices.
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If you zoom in, you can see how Eva's fingers immediately pruned up when she touched the Saltwich.
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Salt added.
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Because of the limited structural integrity of The Saltwich, Robert had to employ the Butterfly Grip.
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Originally published on Mon May 20, 2013 2:48 pm

For years, one of the pieces of advice we've been ignoring is that we should really cut back on our salt intake. Now, a panel of experts convened by the Institute of Medicine says limiting salt below a certain amount may not really do us any good. Around here, we take this to mean: Eat as much salt as you can or you'll die.

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The Two-Way
1:44 pm
Mon May 20, 2013

WATCH: A Train Wreck Of A 'Star-Spangled Banner' Performance

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Alexis Normand sings the anthem.
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Originally published on Mon May 20, 2013 5:27 pm

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The Two-Way
1:35 pm
Mon May 20, 2013

Turnabout Is Fair Play: Senators Have Many Questions For IRS

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Outgoing acting Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Steven Miller.
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The Internal Revenue Service is under fire for improperly singling out some conservative groups for extra scrutiny — putting them through months (or longer) of questions that delayed or derailed the organizations' requests for tax-exempt status.

Well, now the chairman and ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee have some questions and requests — actually dozens of them — for the IRS.

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Parallels
1:24 pm
Mon May 20, 2013

Pope Francis Puts The Poor Front And Center

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Pope Francis blesses a child Sunday after the Holy Mass at St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican.
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Originally published on Mon May 20, 2013 4:28 pm

Over the past week, Pope Francis has launched a crescendo of attacks on the global financial system and what he calls a "cult of money" that does not help the poor.

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The Two-Way
1:21 pm
Mon May 20, 2013

Beijing Angry Over North Korea's Seizure Of Chinese Fishermen

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North Korea's missile test over the weekend, along with the capture of Chinese fishermen, has soured Beijing-Pyongyang relations.
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Originally published on Mon May 20, 2013 2:06 pm

Beijing has long been about the closest thing to an ally that Pyongyang enjoys, but the seizure of a Chinese fishing boat by unidentified North Koreans has threatened to put an already tenuous relationship on even shakier ground.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei was quoted by The New York Times as making it fairly clear that his government was not happy about the development.

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Television
1:19 pm
Mon May 20, 2013

Brooks: 'I'm An EGOT; I Don't Need Any More'

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Once vehemently opposed to the idea of being the subject of a documentary, Brooks had a change of heart. The result is a new American Masters episode, Mel Brooks: Make a Noise.
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Comedian, writer, director, producer and actor Mel Brooks is one of only 11 people to have won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards. Others in the elite EGOT club include Mike Nichols and Whoopi Goldberg.
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Carl Reiner and Brooks teamed up as a comedy duo in 1960, creating such now-legendary skits as "The 2,000-Year-Old Man." "Carl's still my best friend in the world," says Brooks.
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Originally published on Mon May 20, 2013 3:17 pm

Over the 60 years that Mel Brooks has been in the entertainment business, his name has become synonymous with comedy. He is the man who broke Broadway records for most Tony Award wins with The Producers (an adaptation of his own movie); who satirized Westerns and racism in Blazing Saddles; and who poked fun at monster movies with Young Frankenstein.

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Around the Nation
1:14 pm
Mon May 20, 2013

Tiny Living: The Rise Of Small Spaces

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As the populations in big cities increase and more people choose to live alone, a new trend of living in very small spaces has emerged. But the tiny living movement is not without controversy as growth of these multi-unit buildings puts pressure on established neighborhoods.

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