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April 7, 2006

Suicide Bombers Kill 46

At least 46 people have died in Baghdad after two suicide bombers blew themselves up inside a Shiite mosque.

Spring Break for Congress

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Congress is off for a two week vacation without an agreement on immigration and the budget.

Organization for Organizers

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Members of the National Association of Professional Organizers meet in Boston.

Your Turn

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We read your letters and emails.

Sound Portrait: Buckets of Gold

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Linda Stanley won’t say where she goes to collect sea glass — that’s top secret — but she will tell us how and why she collects these treasures. Produced by Lu Olkowski.

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Friday, May 18, 2012
The Appian Road, in the Monti Aurunci area of Italy. (Robert Kaster/University of Chicago Press)

For many people, this time of year is an occasion for road trips — up and down the coasts, across the U.S., through Europe. For Robert Kaster, it was a time to venture along the most ancient roads of all time: the Appian Way in Italy.

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Friday, May 18, 2012
(Michael M. Phillips/Wall Street Journal)

It was supposed to be a calm ride for marines travelling in Zaranj, along Afghanistan’s border with Iran, but a suicide bomb changed that. Photographer Michael Phillips witnessed the scene unfold and joins us.

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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Musician John Fullbright at Here & Now studios at WBUR in Boston. (Jesse Costa/Here & Now)

Okemah, Okla., is the birthplace of folk legend Woody Guthrie. It’s also the hometown of singer-songwriter John Fullbright, who at just 24, is already being compared with folk great Townes Van Zandt.

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