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3:34 pm
Wed April 3, 2013

Official On Deck To Succeed Castros Still A Question Mark To Many Cubans

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Newly elected Cuban Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel attends a tribute to the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in March. Diaz-Canel is expected to eventually succeed Raul Castro as the island nation's leader in 2018.
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Originally published on Wed April 3, 2013 8:50 pm

Within 10 days of Miguel Diaz-Canel's big promotion to vice president of Cuba in February, he was already being tapped as a stand-in for reticent, 81-year-old President Raul Castro. It was Diaz-Canel, not Raul or Fidel Castro, who gave Cuba's first public condolences when the communist government lost its best friend and benefactor, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

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The Two-Way
2:48 pm
Wed April 3, 2013

In First Press Conference Since Leg Injury, Louisville's Kevin Ware Says He'll Be OK

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Kevin Ware of the Louisville Cardinals.
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Originally published on Fri April 5, 2013 7:50 am

In his first press conference since his horrific leg injury, Kevin Ware focused on his team.

"I'll be OK," the 20-year-old University of Louisville basketball player said.

Ware said that he's a quiet guy and that he's thankful for all the support he's received. But his focus always returned to the NCCA basketball tournament.

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The Two-Way
2:23 pm
Wed April 3, 2013

As Uganda Calls Off Search, U.S. Offers $5 Million Bounty For Joseph Kony

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Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army has been among the world's most brutal rebel forces for a quarter-century. But the Ugandan group received only sporadic international attention before this week, when an Internet video about Kony went viral. Here, Kony is shown in 2006 in southern Sudan.
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By Eyder Peralta

Originally published on Wed April 3, 2013 3:38 pm

There are two significant developments in the search for the Lord's Resistance Army chief Joseph Kony to tell you about today: Uganda announced it was suspending its search for Kony, but at the same time, the United States announced it was offering a $5 million reward for information that leads to his capture.

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The Picture Show
1:45 pm
Wed April 3, 2013

You Can't Put A Headline On William Klein

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Gun 1, New York, 1955
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Big face in crowd, New York, 1955
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Blacks + Pepsi, Harlem, 1955
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Simone, Piazza di Spagna, 1960
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Le Petit Magot, 11 November, Paris, 1968
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Dance group La La La Human Steps in Metro, Paris, 1991
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Hat and Five Roses, Paris (Vogue), 1956, cover of book In & Out of Fashion, Paris, 1994
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Smoke & Veil, Paris (Vogue), 1958, cover of book In & Out of Fashion, Paris, 1994
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Eric Cantona, 1984
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Poster for the film Mister Freedom, 1967
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Les Guignols de l'Info, satirical television, Paris, 2002
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Club Allegro Fortissimo, Paris, 1990
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Dance in Brooklyn, New York, 1955
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Models backstage of the film "Who are you, Polly Magoo?" in 1966
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Gun 1, New York, 1955
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Tamil Tigers, Paris, 1990 (painted contact 2006)
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William Klein, circa 1990s
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Originally published on Wed April 3, 2013 8:50 pm

Try to put him in a box and he'll find his way out. Still working at nearly 85 years old, William Klein has gone rogue in at least four different fields: abstract painting, photography, filmmaking and commercial copy writing.

Klein now lives in Paris but I caught up with him in New York City — the place where he was born, but no longer has much affinity for. He's just here to promote a new book, William Klein ABC.

When I ask him what he thinks about the city, he says:

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The Salt
1:35 pm
Wed April 3, 2013

Edible Spray Paint: Give Your Foods The Midas Touch

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When red tomatoes are too ordinary, go gold.
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Get this golden lobster.
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Feeling blue?
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Originally published on Wed April 3, 2013 2:42 pm

If that old James Bond villain Goldfinger had been a gourmand, I think I know what tool would be in his kitchen arsenal.

Ess Lack, or Food Finish, is an edible spray paint that turns your meals into metallic bites of luxury. Lobster not decadent enough for you? Why not turn that crustacean golden?

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