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The Picture Show
10:59 am
Sat August 18, 2012

A Photo Homage To The Working Class ... Of Animals

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Credit Charlotte Dumas / Courtesy of the Corcoran Gallery of Art
Tilman, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, 2012
Credit Charlotte Dumas / Courtesy of the Corcoran Gallery of Art
Babe, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, 2012
Credit Charlotte Dumas / Courtesy of the Corcoran Gallery of Art
Buck, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, 2012
Credit Charlotte Dumas / Courtesy of the Corcoran Gallery of Art
Repose, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, 2012
Credit Charlotte Dumas / Courtesy of the Corcoran Gallery of Art
Major II, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, 2012
Credit Charlotte Dumas / Courtesy of the Corcoran Gallery of Art
Amos, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, 2011
Credit Charlotte Dumas / Courtesy of the Corcoran Gallery of Art
Ringo, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, 2012
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Originally published on Mon August 20, 2012 10:01 am

There are roughly 21 funerals a day at Arlington National Cemetery. The majority are simple graveside burials. But for those soldiers who have earned "full honors," the casket is brought to the grave by a team of horses pulling a caisson.

These horses are the subject of a new series of portraits by 35-year-old Dutch photographer Charlotte Dumas now on view at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The horses seem sad, and Dumas says that's what drives her work.

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5:17 am
Sat August 18, 2012

Preparing For The 2012 Paralympic Games In London

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Originally published on Sat August 18, 2012 2:03 pm

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5:17 am
Sat August 18, 2012

France To Hollande: Time To Get To Work

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Originally published on Sat August 18, 2012 2:03 pm

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This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. The president of France, Francois Hollande, has just passed 100 days in office. Mr. Hollande swept to victory in a wave of discontent aimed at former President Nicolas Sarkozy. But now, there are concerns that the new president's slow, cautious manner may not be suited to solving some of the challenges facing his country. Eleanor Beardsley sends us this report from Paris.

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5:17 am
Sat August 18, 2012

Fighting Continues To Scar Syrian Cities

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Originally published on Sat August 18, 2012 2:03 pm

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST:

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. The last U.N. military observers are pulling out of Syria today. Their mission has been made near impossible by the heavy fighting gripping the country.

A former Algerian foreign minister is taking over as U.N. envoy on Syria, but he's not optimistic about a quick end to the fighting. And neighboring Lebanon remains on edge, after a spate of kidnappings this week related to the Syrian conflict. NPR's Anthony Kuhn joins us from Beirut.

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Summer Nights: Funtown
4:47 pm
Fri August 17, 2012

For A Silvery Calif. Fish, A Special Moonlit Night

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People stand on the beach to catch grunion during the annual grunion run at Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro, Calif., in 2009.
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Grunions, native only to Southern California and the upper Baja Peninsula, have a peculiar mating ritual. They wash ashore to fertilize their eggs in the sand, then drift back out to sea.
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Originally published on Fri August 17, 2012 5:03 pm

Summertime is beach time in Southern California, even at night. Locals gather around bonfires, roast marshmallows and enjoy each other's company. On some very special nights, there's even sex — at least for the fish.

The grunion run happens only in the spring and summer months. Late at night, under the full and new moons, thousands of tiny, silvery fish swim to shore for a very peculiar mating ritual.

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