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Garret Keizer Looks At The State Of Privacy

Terrorism, technology and the Patriot Act are just three causes for a reduction in our level of privacy. Author Garret Keizer discusses how views on privacy differ across social, political and cultural lines, we get an update on the threat of “bath salts” and we learn how to bowl a cricket ball.
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An Interview With Alison Bechdel

Alison Bechdel is a cartoonist, who for 25 years wrote and drew the much-loved comic strip, "Dykes To Watch Out For." In 2006, she published her first graphic memoir "Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic," which became a huge bestseller. Now, Bechdel has a second memoir out, "Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama."
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Skywatchers Prepare For Rare Transit Of Venus

Transits of Venus – where the planet is visible as a tiny black dot slowly crossing the sun – are rare. The next one is happening on Tuesday, June 5th, and will be visible from North America, for a few hours just before sunset. After that, it won’t happen again for 105 years.
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Reeve Lindbergh On Her Mother’s Life And Writings

Anne Morrow Lindbergh was a prolific writer, publishing a number of books during her lifetime, many chronicling her life with her aviator husband, Charles. Now, her daughter Reeve Lindbergh is sharing a new chapter in her family’s story, publishing "Against Wind & Tide," a book of her mother’s letters and journals that span 1947-1986.