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Friday      
August 4, 2006
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Pro-Hezbollah Shiites Rally in Baghdad

Tens of Thousands of Shiites gather in the streets of the Shiite-dominated Sadr City slum in Baghdad for a massive anti-American, anti-Israel rally.

Hezbollah Fundraising on U.S. Soil

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Selling everything from cigarettes to baby formula, Hezbollah operatives are making millions on the black market and sending the cash back home… to an organization the U.S. considers “the A-team of terrorism.”

Mel Mania

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Under fire for anti-Semitic slurs and charges of drunk driving, everyone’s talking about the pious Mel Gibson’s fall from grace… including the best in late night TV.

One Hundred Years of Voice

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The sounds of violin strings could be heard on the airwaves in the first ever radio broadcast transmitted from Marshfield, Massachusetts on Christmas Eve, 1906.

One Hundred Years of Cool

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And, another anniversary… 100 years ago Willis H. Carrier got the patent for the air conditioner.

“The Brambles”

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Eliza Minot joins us to discuss her new novel.

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