A mural depicting Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt looks over east London on Thursday, two days before the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

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Where Detroit Industry Has Floundered, World-Class Art Scene Flourishes…

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Antoinio "Shades" Agee always knew he wanted to paint, fascinated early on by oils and canvas but frustrated by its "tedious" pace. A classmate showed up one day with a can of spray paint, and he was hooked.

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Soldiers check a clown's car during a parade Tuesday in Guatemala City, the site of the fourth annual Latin American Clown Congress. Clowns from Central and South America and the Caribbean are gathering for three days to exchange ideas and…

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Elton John spoke to AIDS advocates from around the world as the keynote speaker for this year's International AIDS Conference. Gwen Ifill talks to Sir John about his new book, "Love is The Cure," and his approach in helping fight…

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More of Gwen Ifill's conversation with Elton John.

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Brass band members take part in a second line parade Monday in New Orleans to honor the late "Uncle" Lionel Batiste, a singer and bass drummer for the Treme Brass Band. Batiste passed away July 8 at the age of…

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Michael McGriff's books include "Home Burial; Dismantling the Hills," "To Build My Shadow a Fire: The Poetry and Translations of David Wevill" and a co-translation of Tomas Transtromer's "The Sorrow Gondola." He is the founding editor of Tavern Books, a…

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A sculpture called "Sandworm" by Marco Casagrande sits on the Belgian coast in Wenduine during Beaufort04, the fourth edition of the Triennial of Contemporary Art by the Sea.

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New Documentary Explores Challenge to Public Hospitals in Serving Uninsured…

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