Sunday, October 14, 2012

Sept. 11 trial rules under scrutiny at Guantanamo

Sept. 11 trial rules under scrutiny at Guantanamo

Sept. 11 trial rules under scrutiny at Guantanamo

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 12:34 PM PDT

A U.S. military judge is considering broad security rules for the war crimes tribunal of five Guantanamo prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attacks, including measures to prevent the accused from publicly revealing what happened to them in the CIA's secret network of overseas prisons.

At CDC, scientists fight to halt a deadly outbreak

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 12:33 PM PDT

Shawn Lockhart looks at the meningitis-causing fungus Exserohilum rostratum at the mycotic lab at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Oct. 12, 2012 in Atlanta. The staff and technicians have been working around the clock to confirm cases and inform the public regarding the multi-state meningitis outbreak that has resulted in 14 deaths. The fungal outbreak is believed to have started at New England Compounding Center where a steroid injection shipment was contaminated with the fungus. (AP Photo/Pouya Dianat)Scattered across the carefully landscaped main campus of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are the staff on the front lines fighting a rare outbreak of fungal meningitis: A scientist in a white lab coat peers through a microscope at fungi on a glass slide. In another room, another researcher uses what looks like a long, pointed eye dropper to suck up DNA samples that will be tested for the suspect fungus.

Search for body of UNH student put on hold for day

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 12:32 PM PDT

Robert Marriott, father of Lizzi Marriott, is consoled by former co-worker, Paul Campaniello of Shrewsbury, as hundreds of friends and family members attended an emotional candlelight vigil on Saturday night, Oct. 13, 2012, at the Bay State Commons, for his daughter, Elizabeth "Lizzi" Marriott of Westboro, a University of New Hampshire student, who disappeared earlier in the week. Marriott is believed to be dead, and a man has been charged with second-degree murder. (AP Photo/Steve Lanava, Worcester Telegram & Gazette)The search for the body of a 19-year-old University of New Hampshire student was suspended Sunday ahead of the arraignment for a martial arts instructor active in community theater who's been charged in her death, a prosecutor said.

Former senator Arlen Specter, 82, dies of cancer

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 12:31 PM PDT

Specter depart his campaign reception in PhiladelphiaWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Arlen Specter, a gruff, independent-minded moderate who spent three decades in the U.S. Senate but was spurned by Pennsylvania voters after switching in 2009 from Republican to Democrat, died on Sunday of cancer, his family said. He was 82. Specter had announced in August a recurrence of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, cancer of the lymphatic system. His son Shanin Specter confirmed his death in Philadelphia. Resilient, smart and aggressive, the former prosecutor frequently riled conservatives and liberals on his way to becoming Pennsylvania's longest-serving U.S. senator. ...

Putin loyalists likely to win Russia local votes

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 12:30 PM PDT

Opposition activist Yevgenia Chirikova, left, speaks to Khimki acting mayor Oleg Shakhov at a polling station in the town of Khimki, outside Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. Chirikova who played a major role in the massive winter protests against Putin's rule, is challenging the incumbent mayor. She has complained of an uneven playing field, saying authorities tried to thwart her meetings with voters and put up other obstacles. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)President Vladimir Putin's loyalists appeared likely Sunday to retain their hold in thousands of local elections that offered slightly more room for competition, but were marred by opposition claims of vote manipulations.

How would candidates' tax plans affect investors?

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 12:30 PM PDT

With the outcome of next month's presidential election increasingly hazy, here's a shred of clarity that investors can cling to: The tax rates they pay on investment income like stock profits and dividends are almost certain to change.

Syria accused of cluster bomb use in civil war

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 12:22 PM PDT

This citizen journalism image taken from video provided by Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows what Human Rights Watch says are cluster bombs dropped in Tamanea, Syria on Oct. 9, 2012. The New York-based Human Rights Watch said the use of such bombs in Syria's civil war is the latest sign of Syrian President Bashar Assad's disregard for his own people. Syrian government officials had no immediate comment. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via Human Rights Watch)The Syrian regime was accused Sunday of dropping cluster bombs — indiscriminate scattershot munitions banned by most nations — in a new sign of desperation and disregard for its own people.

Libya Congress elects rights lawyer prime minister

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 12:18 PM PDT

Libya's 200-member General National Congress has elected a former congressman and human rights lawyer as the country's new prime minister.

'Taken 2' takes down 'Argo' in close weekend

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 12:17 PM PDT

This film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Bryan Cranston, left, as Jack O'Donnell and Ben Affleck as Tony Mendez in "Argo," a rescue thriller about the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis. (AP Photo/Warner Bros., Claire Folger)Liam Neeson's "Taken 2" has defended its box-office title with a narrow win over Ben Affleck's "Argo."

GOP senator alleges cover-up on Libya

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 12:16 PM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the United States must continue sending diplomats and aid workers to the Arab world's emerging democracies, despite last month's deadly attack in Libya, during a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)A senior Republican senator on Sunday accused President Barack Obama's aides of deliberately covering up the details of the Sept. 11 attack in Libya that killed a U.S. ambassador so that voters wouldn't question Obama's handling of the war on terror.

K-State, Notre Dame move into top 5 of AP poll

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 12:08 PM PDT

Alabama defensive back Vinnie Sunseri intercepts a pass during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game against Missouri Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)The top five in The Associated Press college football poll has been rearranged for a second straight week, with Florida, Kansas State and Notre Dame moving up in the rankings.

Endeavour's final miles turn into all-night affair

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 12:08 PM PDT

The space shuttle Endeavour is slowly moved down Crenshaw Blvd., Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, in Los Angeles. The shuttle is on its last mission — a 12-mile creep through city streets. It will move past an eclectic mix of strip malls, mom-and-pop shops, tidy lawns and faded apartment buildings. Its final destination: California Science Center in South Los Angeles where it will be put on display. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)In thousands of Earth orbits, the space shuttle Endeavour traveled 123 million miles. But the last few miles of its final journey are proving hard to get through.

Skydiver jumps into stratosphere 24 miles over New Mexico

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 12:04 PM PDT

Handout photo of pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria seen on a screen at mission control center in the capsule during the final manned flight for Red Bull Stratos in RoswellROSWELL, New Mexico (Reuters) - An Austrian daredevil leapt into the stratosphere from a balloon hovering near the edge of space 24 miles above Earth on Sunday, breaking as many as three world records including the highest skydive ever, project sponsors said. Cheers broke out as Felix Baumgartner, 43, jumped from a skateboard sized shelf outside the 11-by-8-foot (3.3-by-2.4 meter) fiberglass and acrylic capsule that was carried as high as 128,000 feet by an enormous balloon. "We love you Felix!" screamed the crowd as he plunged through the stratosphere. ...

Bernanke defends Fed stimulus as China, Brazil raise concerns

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 12:03 PM PDT

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke talks at the Economic Club of Indiana in IndianapolisTOKYO (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Sunday said it was far from clear that the U.S. central bank's highly stimulative monetary policy hurts emerging economies, defending a policy raising concerns in China, Russia and Brazil. In a blunt call for certain emerging economies to allow their currencies to rise, he also said that foreign exchange intervention encouraged destabilizing inflows of foreign capital, but he did not specify China by name. ...

Cuba's Ladies in White mourn leader 1 year later

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 11:56 AM PDT

Members of Cuba's Ladies in White dissident group are seen reflected on water as they participate in a march marking one year since the death of a co-founder of the group, Laura Pollan, in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Oct 14, 2012. The Ladies in White was formed in 2003 mostly by wives and family members of 75 dissidents jailed in a crackdown on dissent. Pollan had been married to one of the dissident prisoners, Hector Maseda. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)Cuba's Ladies in White dissident group on Sunday marked the one-year anniversary of their co-founder's death with cries of "Laura Pollan lives!" outside a Havana church.

Analysis: As PC era fades, good times may be over at Intel

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 11:56 AM PDT

People walk past the Intel stand on the first day of the Gulf Information and Technology Exhibition at the Dubai World Trade CentreSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - As tablets and smartphones draw more and more users away from PCs, Intel Corp is facing some difficult questions. Intel, the world's leading chipmaker, is used to being king of the personal computer market, particularly through its historic "Wintel" alliance with Microsoft Corp, which led to breathtakingly high profit margins and an 80 percent market share. But in the fast-growing and cut-throat mobile world, Intel is struggling - its market share is less than 1 percent of smartphones, trailing Qualcomm Inc, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, ARM Holdings Plc and others. ...

Skydiver lands safely after 24-mile leap to Earth

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 11:43 AM PDT

In this photo provided by Red Bull, pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria is seen in a screen at mission control center in the capsule during the final manned flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, N.M. on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. Baumgartner plans to jump from an altitude of 120,000 feet, an altitude chosen to enable him to achieve Mach 1 in free fall, which would deliver scientific data to the aerospace community about human survival from high altitudes.(AP Photo/Red Bull, Stefan Aufschnaiter)Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner landed safely on Earth after a 24-mile jump from the stratosphere in a dramatic, daring feat that may also have marked the world's first supersonic skydive.

Longtime GOP Senate moderate Arlen Specter dies

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 12:11 PM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, March 29, 2010, file photo, Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., leads a Senate field hearing, in Philadelphia. Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, longtime Senate moderate and architect of one-bullet theory in JFK death, died Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. He was 82. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)For most of his 30 years as Pennsylvania's longest-serving U.S. senator and prominent moderate in Congress, Arlen Specter was a Republican, though often at odds with the GOP leadership.

Insight - Coal dust: creditors eye Australian magnate's fragile fortune

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 11:36 AM PDT

General view of property Australian mining magnate Nathan Tinkler is renting in SingaporeSYDNEY/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Nathan Tinkler became Australia's youngest billionaire with a well-timed investment in mining. But as China's slowing economic growth cuts demand for iron ore and coal, Tinkler's rise from obscure electrician to mining magnate, sports club owner and champion of a rejuvenated Australian industrial town could be unraveling. Creditors are circling Tinkler, 36, who turned a A$1 million bet on an Australian coal deposit into a billion dollar fortune. At least three companies within his stable of some 50 firms are being sued for about A$200 million ($205. ...

Turkey bans Syrian planes from its air space, rebels gain

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 11:32 AM PDT

A taxi drives past a damaged building in the al Katerji Tariq district in Aleppo city in northern SyriaBEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Turkey has banned all Syrian aircraft from its air space as it takes an increasingly firm stance against President Bashar al-Assad, while Syrian rebels said on Sunday they had made more gains in a key province near the Turkish border. Human Rights Watch said Syrian government forces had dropped Russian-made cluster bombs over civilian areas in the past week as they battled to reverse rebel advances, an act which rights groups say can constitute a war crime. ...

Republicans hammer Obama over Libya attacks

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 11:26 AM PDT

U.S. President Obama gets kiss from woman in crowd as he arrives at Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport in WilliamsburgWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans on Sunday kept the heat on President Barack Obama over the September 11 killing of four Americans in Libya, with a senior senator saying the attack supported the Romney campaign's claim that Obama's foreign policy is "unraveling." Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney has seized on the Obama administration's handling of the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, to try to dent Obama's foreign policy credibility ahead of the November 6 election. ...

Long after death, Confederate spy honored in Ark.

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 11:26 AM PDT

In this photo provided by the Arkansas History Commission Oct. 9, 2012, a copy of a 1912 painting by artist William Besser from a Civil War era photograph of David O. Dodd is displayed in Little Rock, Ark. Dodd is relatively unknown outside of Arkansas, but the teenage spy who chose to hang rather than betray the Confederate cause is seen as a folk hero by many in his home state.(AP Photo/Courtesy Arkansas History Commission)The story of David O. Dodd is relatively unknown outside of Arkansas, but the teenage spy who chose to hang rather than betray the Confederate cause is a folk hero to many in his home state.

Space shuttle Endeavour rolls into new L.A. home at museum

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 11:24 AM PDT

Space Shuttle Endeavour moves down Martin Luther King Blvd. on the last leg of its journey to the California Science Center at Exposition ParkLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The retired space shuttle Endeavour rolled into its retirement home at a museum early on Sunday, in the conclusion of a slow-motion parade through the narrow streets of Los Angeles. Endeavour arrived at about 10:45 a.m. at Exposition Park, the site of the California Science Center where the shuttle will go on permanent display on October 30 inside a pavilion "I'm so glad to be living to see this," said Los Angeles native Shirley Green, 78, who was on hand, wearing an American flag scarf, to watch the shuttle arrive at its new home. ...

Russia suggests plane grounding will not hurt Russia-Turkey ties

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 11:22 AM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's foreign minister suggested on Sunday that Turkey's grounding of a Syrian jet en route from Moscow to Damascus last week will not harm ties between Moscow and Ankara, state-run Russian news agency RIA reported. "I assure you, nobody should worry about the state of Russian-Turkish relations," RIA quoted Sergei Lavrov as saying in Luxembourg. "They are developing on a stable and solid foundation." (Reporting by Gabriela Baczynska; Writing by Steve Gutterman)

Skydiver begins daring bid to break sound barrier

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 11:19 AM PDT

The capsule, bottom left, and attached helium balloon carrying Felix Baumgartner lifts off as he attempts to break the speed of sound with his own body by jumping from a space capsule lifted by a helium balloon, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012, in Roswell, N.M. Baumgartner plans to jump from an altitude of 120,000 feet, an altitude chosen to enable him to achieve Mach 1 in free fall, which would deliver scientific data to the aerospace community about human survival from high altitudes.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner has landed on Earth after a jump from the stratosphere in what could be the world's first supersonic skydive.

Big separatist gains in local Belgian elections

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 11:19 AM PDT

Leader of the NVA party Bart De Wever, center, waits in line to cast his vote at a polling station in Antwerp, Belgium, on Sunday Oct. 14, 2012. NVA, a separatist party, wants to use Antwerp as a base for breaking away from Belgium, putting it in the forefront of a European breakaway trend just as the EU celebrates winning the Nobel Peace Prize for fostering continental unity. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)The leader of a separatist party won the race to become mayor of Antwerp, Europe's second biggest port city, and vowed Sunday to use the power base to seek wider autonomy for Belgium's wealthy Dutch-speaking region of Flanders.

Amphibious vehicle to go on sale soon in US

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 11:07 AM PDT

In this Friday, Oct. 12, 2012 photo, the Quadski, a one-person motor boat that also drives on land, is tested in in Oxford Mich. The vehicle is being billed as the first commercially available, high-speed amphibious vehicle by its makers, Michigan-based Gibbs Technologies. It's scheduled to go on sale in the U.S. by the end of this year for around $40,000. The company hopes to sell it worldwide by 2014. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)Amphibious vehicles could soon be zooming out of James Bond's garage — or pond — and into yours.

Belgian vote results show big separatist gains

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 10:52 AM PDT

Leader of the NVA party Bart De Wever, center, waits in line to cast his vote at a polling station in Antwerp, Belgium, on Sunday Oct. 14, 2012. NVA, a separatist party, wants to use Antwerp as a base for breaking away from Belgium, putting it in the forefront of a European breakaway trend just as the EU celebrates winning the Nobel Peace Prize for fostering continental unity. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)The leader of a separatist party has won the race to become mayor of Antwerp, Europe's second biggest port city, and vowed to use the power base to seek wider autonomy for Belgium's wealthy Dutch-speaking region of Flanders.

Israeli airstrike kills senior Gaza militant

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 10:38 AM PDT

Palestinian mourners gather around the body of Salafi militant Hisham Saidani during his funeral in Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. Saidani, a member of a faction of the ultraconservative Salafi trend believed to have ties to al-Qaida, was one of two people killed in an Israeli airstrike on Saturday. Saidani is suspected of carrying out attacks against Israeli and Egyptian targets. (AP Photo/ Hatem Moussa)Israel claimed a significant blow against al-Qaida-inspired militants in the Gaza Strip Sunday, killing one of the most influential leaders from an extreme branch of Islam that has targeted Egypt and Gaza's Hamas rulers as well as Israel.

Skydiver breaks record for manned balloon flight at 23 miles high

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 10:36 AM PDT

ROSWELL, New Mexico (Reuters) - Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner broke the record for the highest manned balloon flight on Sunday after his craft rose 23 miles above New Mexico, project sponsors said. The 43-year-old daredevil was inside a capsule tethered to the massive but extremely delicate helium balloon high above Roswell, New Mexico. He aimed to set four world records, including jumping from the capsule to become the first person to break the speed of sound in a skydiving freefall. (Editing by Barbara Goldberg and Doina Chiacu)

Mauritanian leader flown to France after shooting

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 10:30 AM PDT

File photo of Mauritania's President Abdel Aziz taking part in the closing news conference after a summit of Mediterranean neighbours outside VallettaNOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Mauritania's president was flown to France for medical treatment on Sunday after the Western ally against al Qaeda was shot by soldiers in what he said was an accident. The shooting late on Saturday set the coup-prone northwest African country on edge and President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz appealed to Mauritanians to keep calm in a televised message from his hospital bed. Although Mauritania has been stable politically since Abdel Aziz seized power in 2008, it lies on the fringes of the Sahara Desert where Islamist gunmen hold increasing sway. ...

Analysis: Israel's Netanyahu faces wild cards

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 10:24 AM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu laughs during the weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem offices, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. Israel's Cabinet has announced January 22, 2013 as the date for parliamentary elections, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leading in the polls.(AP Photo/Jim Hollander, Pool)The Israeli government has called a general election for Jan. 22, and polls suggest Benjamin Netanyahu's rightist-religious coalition is likely to win a renewed majority — but an array of wild cards make the outcome of this campaign unpredictable nonetheless.

Thousands of British troops to quit Afghanistan in 2013

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 10:21 AM PDT

British Defence Minister Hammond speaks during a news conference in DohaLONDON (Reuters) - Britain plans to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan next year, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said on Sunday, as pressure mounts to end British involvement in the costly and unpopular war. More than 430 British troops have been killed in Afghanistan since the U.S.-led intervention in 2001, yet stability remains elusive and violence high, while relations between Western troops and Afghan forces and civilians are increasingly frayed. ...

Thousands rally for Pakistani girl shot by Taliban

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 10:19 AM PDT

Supporters of Pakistani political party Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), attend a rally to condemn the attack on 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, who was shot last Tuesday by the Taliban for speaking out in support of education for women, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. Tens of thousands rallied in Pakistan's largest city Sunday in support of a 14-year-old girl who was shot and critically wounded by the Taliban for promoting girls' education and criticizing the militant group. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)Tens of thousands rallied in Pakistan's largest city Sunday in the biggest show of support yet for a 14-year-old girl who was shot and seriously wounded by the Taliban for promoting girls' education and criticizing the militant group.

For dollars' worth of copper farmers out thousands

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 09:54 AM PDT

Cannon Michael is a folk hero across California's agriculture heartland, where these days the price of scrap metal influences a farmer's bottom line as much that of the fine pima cotton he grows.

Tropical Storm Rafael tracks toward Bermuda

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 09:34 AM PDT

The outer bands of strengthening Tropical Storm Rafael drenched the Caribbean's Leeward Islands on Sunday as its center moved over open ocean on a track toward Bermuda.

Cabinet: Israel to head to polls January 22

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 09:21 AM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, second right, laughs as Defense Minister Ehud Barak, back to camera, makes a joke that Netanyahu should give fair time to the opposition in political statements, as Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem offices, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. Israel's Cabinet announced January 22, 2013 as the date for parliamentary elections, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leading in the polls. (AP Photo/Jim Hollander, Pool)Israel's parliamentary election has been set for Jan. 22, the Cabinet decided Sunday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leading in the polls.

AP Impact: Feds muff kid jewelry cadmium crackdown

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 09:03 AM PDT

This Oct. 10, 2012, photo shows jewelry containing high levels of the toxic metal cadmium purchased by The Associated Press at small shops in Los Angeles during a 19-month period ending in March 2012. Federal regulators failed to pursue recalls after they found cadmium-tainted jewelry on store shelves, despite their vow to keep such toxic trinkets out of children's hands, an AP investigation shows. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)Federal regulators failed to pursue recalls after they found cadmium-tainted jewelry on store shelves, despite their vow to keep the toxic trinkets out of children's hands, an Associated Press investigation shows.

Skydiver gets ready for bid to break sound barrier

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 08:42 AM PDT

FILE - This photo provided by Red Bull Stratos shows pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria reacting after his mission was aborted in Roswell, N.M., on Oct. 9, 2012. on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012, mission control officials declared a "weather hold" until 8:15 a.m. MDT, and said that inflation of the balloon wouldn't begin until after that hold is lifted. Earlier, the launch team said they were aiming for the three-hour ascent to begin Sunday at 8 a.m. The jump was postponed twice last week because of high winds. (AP Photo/Red Bull Stratos, Joerg Mitter)Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner started his daring ascent to 23 miles above Earth on Sunday, hoping to make a death-defying free fall that could make him the first skydiver to break the sound barrier.

Before Facebook, there was Manet, painting friends

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 08:41 AM PDT

Brian Kennedy, director of the Toledo Museum of Art, poses in front of a portrait of French Impressionist Edouard Manet, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, in Toledo, Ohio. An exhibition of Manet's works opened this month and runs through the end of the year before moving onto the Royal Academy of Arts in London. (AP Photo/John Seewer)Long before smartphones turned so many of us into amateur photographers and revolutionized how we depict each other through social media, there were the works of French Impressionist Edouard Manet.
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