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The Two-Way
8:45 am
Tue April 23, 2013

Early Thinking: Boston Suspects Were Working On Their Own

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Dzhokhar (at left) and Tamerlan Tsarnaev allegedly killed an MIT police officer, carjacked a vehicle and engaged in a gun battle with police soon after authorities distributed this image of the brothers walking near the finish line of the Boston Marathon just before two bombs exploded. Tamerlan, 26, died from injuries he received. Dzhokhar, 19, was captured Friday night.
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Originally published on Tue April 23, 2013 8:49 pm

(Most recent update: 8:39 p.m. ET.)

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The Two-Way
8:21 am
Tue April 23, 2013

Book News: Bush Library Exhibit Puts You In President's Shoes

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The George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum officially opens this week in Dallas, Texas.
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By Annalisa Quinn

The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly.

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The Salt
3:47 am
Tue April 23, 2013

Newspaper Takes The Pulse Of San Diego Coffee Culture

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John Rippo in July 2012 in a coffeehouse called Espresso Mio, in San Diego's Mission Hills neighborhood.
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Originally published on Tue April 23, 2013 5:34 am

Portland and Seattle may take coffee very seriously, but San Diego can boast a newspaper devoted entirely to coffeeshops and all the news that's fit to print about them. John Rippo is the publisher of The Espresso, and he's convinced that coffeeshops are the place to catch juicy moments of the human experience, as they happen.

Inspired by European periodicals written for the cafe intelligentsia, Rippo curates local news in his monthly paper to inspire his fellow San Diego residents to social or political action.

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The Salt
3:44 am
Tue April 23, 2013

Journey Of A Specialty Coffee Bean, From Cherry To Cup

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Coffee beans are raked to dry in the sun in western Guatemala.
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Mark Stell of Portland Roasting samples coffee from his Guatemalan grower.
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Originally published on Wed April 24, 2013 5:26 pm

When we wanted to know how the growth of the specialty coffee movement is influencing the lives of farmers, we took a trip to the mountainous region of Huehuetenango in Guatemala.

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The Changing Lives Of Women
3:42 am
Tue April 23, 2013

For Chinese Women, Marriage Depends On Right 'Bride Price'

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Lucy Wang and Derek Wei represent the new modern Chinese bride and groom. With a lack of women in China, Wei had to pay more than $10,000 in a "bride price" to attract Wang to marry him.
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A scarcity of women in China is allowing them to make large financial demands of prospective grooms. In addition to money, grooms are expected to provide an apartment for their new wives.
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Wang looks in a heart-shaped mirror embossed with the Chinese character xi — meaning "double happiness."
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Wang's niece tries to shield her from Wei as part of traditional games played when the groom picks up the bride before their wedding ceremony.
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Wang's mother made special insoles for her daughter's lucky wedding shoes. The shoes were hidden for Wei to find and put on Wang's feet as part of the games leading up to the wedding.
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Wei finally makes it through the wedding games and finds his bride in her bedroom, waiting for him.
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Wei carries Wang out of her apartment to a waiting entourage of six Mercedes Benzs and Audis for the drive to their wedding ceremony at a Beijing restaurant.
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Wei smokes a cigarette as his Wang comes down the stairs for their wedding.
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After exchanging vows and wedding rings, the couple shares kisses after being egged on by their guests.
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The couple bows before their parents and offers them tea, as is traditional in Chinese weddings.
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Guests raise their glasses for a toast to the newlyweds.
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Wang and Wei go from table to table to toast their guests. Wei had to borrow money to pay Wang's bride price and is counting on his parents to give them an apartment to live in.
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Lucy Wang gets her makeup touched up before her wedding ceremony at a Beijing restaurant. Wang is marrying Derek Wei, who paid her family more than $10,000 for her bride price.
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Wang and Wei practice walking down the aisle, just before their wedding ceremony at a Beijing restaurant.
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Originally published on Tue April 23, 2013 3:05 pm

Women hold up half the sky, China's Chairman Mao famously said. But in China, the one-child policy and the traditional preference for boys mean that 117 boys are born for every 100 baby girls. By one estimate, this means there could be 24 million Chinese men unable to find wives by the end of the decade.

As China's economy booms, the marriage market has become just that: a market, with new demands by women for apartments and cars.

But are women really benefiting from their scarcity?

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