1:16pm

Tue May 21, 2013
Great White Shark 3D

Great White Shark at the IMAX

Credit Tennessee Aquarium

The Great White Shark may be one of the most misunderstood animals of all time. 

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12:52pm

Tue May 21, 2013
The Two-Way

VIDEO: Tears Flow As Mom Finds Son After Tornado

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We don't need to say much. Just watch this video from The Oklahoman of Trenda Purcell's reunion Monday with her 8-year-old son Kamden, who she found safe and sound after the tornado that swept through Moore, Okla.

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12:51pm

Tue May 21, 2013
Movie Interviews

Soderbergh's Liberace, 'Behind The Candelabra'

Director Steven Soderbergh had been looking for a way to frame a film about the extravagant entertainer Liberace for years when a friend recommended the book Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace to him.

The book — a memoir — is by Scott Thorson, who for five years was Liberace's lover, though that wasn't publicly disclosed at the time.

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12:48pm

Tue May 21, 2013
Code Switch

Who Becomes The Face Of A Horrific Attack?

The spate of headlines that drew them to our attention has died down. Yet I still find myself thinking about the faces of a certain 19-year-old man and his elder brother, accused by police of bringing about a tragic end to what should have been a day of joy and celebration.

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12:47pm

Tue May 21, 2013
The Two-Way

JPMorgan Shareholders Vote To Keep Dimon As Chairman, CEO

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JPMorgan Chase shareholders voted on Tuesday to allow Jamie Dimon to continue being their chairman and CEO.

The AP reports:

"At the bank's annual meeting, 32 percent of shareholders voted for a measure that would have required the bank to split the roles. Had the measure succeeded, Dimon would have had to relinquish the role of chairman.

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12:08pm

Tue May 21, 2013
The Two-Way

'Tornado Emergency:' A Rare, Dire Warning Born In Oklahoma

Originally published on Tue May 21, 2013 12:28 pm

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If you were watching news coverage on Monday, before a monster EF-4 tornado barreled through Moore, Okla., you probably heard the term "tornado emergency."

The warning is used rarely by forecasters to flag the deadliest of situations.

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12:05pm

Tue May 21, 2013
The Two-Way

'I Was Dismayed' To Learn What Agency Did, Ex-IRS Chief Says

Facing questions for the first time about why Internal Revenue Service personnel singled out some conservative groups for inappropriate scrutiny while he was head of the agency, former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman told Congress on Tuesday that "I was dismayed and I was saddened" to learn about what had happened under his watch.

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12:05pm

Tue May 21, 2013
Law

The Difficulties Of Proving Racial Profiling

Originally published on Tue May 21, 2013 1:02 pm

Closing arguments have wrapped up in a lawsuit challenging the New York Police Department's stop-and-frisk policy. Plaintiffs say the majority of the stops involved black and Hispanic men. But New York City says there's no racial motivation whatsoever. Host Michel Martin asks the tricky question: how exactly do you prove racial profiling?

11:58am

Tue May 21, 2013
Parallels

Socks Are Optional As Pakistan Grapples With Power Cuts

Originally published on Tue May 21, 2013 1:11 pm

Credit Ilyas Sheikh / EPA/Landov

Pakistanis have coped with — even rioted — over the country's frequent power cuts. Now, the government is feeling the impact, too. The country's caretaker prime minister has banned air conditioners in government offices and instituted a dress code for civil servants. Among his recommendations: no socks.

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11:40am

Tue May 21, 2013
The Two-Way

Big Changes At U.S. Speedskating Body, But Scandals Linger

Originally published on Tue May 21, 2013 12:56 pm

Credit Rick Bowmer / AP

Rebellious athletes, drained budgets, dysfunctional management and a string of embarrassing scandals forced a major reorganization of U.S. Speedskating over the weekend.

The group governs a sport that has produced 85 Winter Olympic medals for the United States — more than any other sport. But persistent turmoil threatened continued success in the next Games, just nine months away in Sochi, Russia.

The changes leave USS with a smaller board and without numerous committees that have permitted parochial interests to meddle in the governance of the sport.

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