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Humble Inventions are Hidden Heroes

Paper clips. (Photo: Hawyih/Wikipedia)

The World’s Laura Lynch celebrated some humble inventions, including paper clips and rubber bands, that have changed the world.

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Florida Gallery Investigates Nazi Stolen Art

Girolamo Romano's "Christ Bearing the Cross Dragged by a Rascal."

A 16th century painting is believed to have been stolen from an Italian family by the Nazis during World War II.

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Touring the Carter Museum

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In 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter stumbled upon one of the most famous finds in Egyptology — the tomb of Tutankhamun. Today Carter’s house by the Valley of the Kings was opened as a museum. The BBC’s Yolande Knell went on a tour of the new museum.

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What’s hot at the Venice biennale

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the New York Times Carol Vogel, who’s covering the Venice Biennale — the international contemporary art gathering that Venice hosts every two years. Listen

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