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May 25, 2013 | NPR · On a cold and rainy day in Boston thousands gathered to finish what two bombs stole from them. A one-mile run traced the home-stretch of the Boston Marathon, giving spectators, runners and victims a chance at closure.
 

AP
May 25, 2013 | NPR · As the nation prepares to mark Memorial Day, outrage has been building on Capitol Hill and beyond over the military’s failure to repair a system that has placed service members in more danger of sexual assault than of battlefield injury.
 

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May 25, 2013 | NPR · The presidential salute actually breaks with military decorum and was started by Ronald Reagan in 1981.
 

Arts & Life

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May 25, 2013 | NPR · NPR’s Bob Mondello and Susan Stamberg read excerpts of two of the best submissions for Round 11 of our short story contest. They read Snowflake by Winona Wendth of Lancaster, Mass., and Geometry by Eugenie Montague of Los Angeles.
 

Sony Pictures Classics
May 25, 2013 | NPR · Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke return for the third in Richard Linklater’s loosely peerless Before series, and they’ve never been more persuasive — nor has the storytelling. (Recommended)
 

Courtesy of Sam Bompas
May 25, 2013 | NPR · London duo Sam Bompas and Harry Parr have made names for themselves with their wild, experimental food installations. From pineapple islands and banana vapors to re-creations of famous architectural monuments, their work playfully pushes the boundary of how we experience food.
 

Music

Joffrey Ballet
May 25, 2013 | NPR · The aggressively modern ballet premiered in Paris in 1913, and provoked a response just as striking as the music and dance.
 

Courtesy of the artist
May 25, 2013 | NPR · Browne and her band, The Bangin’ Rackettes, are a flamboyant retro ensemble from Australia. The group’s new album is called Baby Caught the Bus.
 

Getty Images
May 25, 2013 | NPR · Watch the energetic conductor take flight conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in Stravinsky’s iconic score. A recently released DVD of a 1966 performance includes an interview with Bernstein, in which he says the famously brutal music “makes a marvelous kind of savage sound.”
 

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