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3:02pm

Sun August 19, 2012
Around the Nation

Living Above The Past: Museum Opens Up To Tenants

Originally published on Sun August 19, 2012 4:20 pm

All it takes to enter a time warp in New Hampshire is $15 and a summer afternoon. Spanning more than 250 years of American history, Strawbery Banke is the oldest neighborhood in the state's oldest city, Portsmouth.

It's kind of like Virginia's Colonial Williamsburg — lite. Stationed inside many of the 37 homes are re-enactors in different period garb. Inside a hulking white house, it's 1872.

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2:31pm

Sun August 19, 2012
The Two-Way

Top Stories: Wikileaks Founder Speaks; More NATO Troop Deaths

Good afternoon - here are a few stories we're watching today.

Wikileaks' Assange Demands U.S. Cease 'Witch Hunt'.

Uniformed Afghan Kills NATO Servicemember; 3 NATO Troops Die In Roadside Bombing. (AP)

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5:07pm

Sat August 18, 2012
Law

Illinois Seeks New Approach To Juvenile Justice

Originally published on Sun August 19, 2012 4:36 pm

Credit Cheryl Corley / NPR

In an alley in Little Village on Chicago's West Side, the faint sound of music from a Spanish-speaking radio station wafts in the air and garbage cans are sprayed with gang graffiti. They look like the tattoos on 17-year-old Elias Roman's arms.

"This [alleyway] right here is where I caught my first gun case," says Elias, who was born and raised in the neighborhood, home to a large Mexican-American community.

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2:14pm

Sat August 18, 2012
The Two-Way

Top Stories: Ryan Campaigns With His Mom; New GM Recall

Good afternoon. Here are some headlines we're watching:

Paul Ryan Campaigns On Medicare In Florida - With His Mom. (Politico)

GM Recalls Nearly 250,000 SUVs Over Potential Fire Hazard. (Detroit News)

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