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The Two-Way
11:16 am
Fri March 1, 2013

SpaceX Reports Problem With Launch Of Dragon Capsule

Credit John Raoux / Associated Press
The Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket lifts off from at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday.
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Originally published on Fri March 1, 2013 8:24 pm

Update at 8:10 p.m. ET: Problem Fixed, Arrival Delayed

SpaceX says the problem with its unmanned craft carrying supplies for the International Space Station has been fixed.

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The Two-Way
11:13 am
Fri March 1, 2013

China's Broadcast Of Drug Lord's Final Hours Sparks Controversy

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Originally published on Sat March 2, 2013 2:54 pm

In a country where executions are so commonplace as to barely rate a mention on the evening news, the death by lethal injection of a drug lord and three accomplices in China on Friday got its own two-hour special on state television.

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The Picture Show
10:44 am
Fri March 1, 2013

The Photographer Who Made Architects Famous

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Credit Bill Maris / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
Portrait of Ezra Stoller with view camera, circa 1965.
Credit Ezra Stoller / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
Brenner House, Harry Weese, Champaign, Ill., 1952
Credit Ezra Stoller / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
Burnap Post House, Esherick House, Louis Kahn, Philadelphia, Pa., 1966
Credit Ezra Stoller / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
Catalano House, Eduardo Catalano, Raleigh, N.C., 1955
Credit Ezra Stoller / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
CBS Columbia Records, 1953
Credit Ezra Stoller / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
CBS Columbia, Long Island City, N.Y., 1954
Credit Ezra Stoller / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
Design Research, Benjamin Thompson, Cambridge, Mass., 1970
Credit Ezra Stoller / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
Exxon Building on Sixth Avenue, Harrison and Abramovitz, New York, N.Y., 1974
Credit Ezra Stoller / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
Heinz Factory, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1958
Credit Ezra Stoller / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
Hirshhorn Museum, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Washington, D.C., 1974
Credit Ezra Stoller / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
IBM 702 Machine, 1955
Credit Ezra Stoller / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
John Hancock Chicago construction, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Chicago, Ill., 1967
Credit Ezra Stoller / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
John Hancock Chicago construction, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Chicago, Ill., 1970
Credit Ezra Stoller / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
Johnson Wax Tower, Frank Lloyd Wright, Racine, Wis., 1950
Credit Ezra Stoller / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
Lever House, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, New York, N.Y., 1952
Credit Ezra Stoller / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
Manufacturer's Trust Company, Fifth Avenue, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, New York, N.Y., 1954
Credit Ezra Stoller / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
Marin County Civic Center, Frank Lloyd Wright, San Rafael, Calif., 1963
Credit Ezra Stoller / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
McMath Solar Telescope, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Kitt Peak, Ariz., 1962
Credit Ezra Stoller / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
Miami Parking Garage, Robert Law Weed and Associates, Miami, Fla., 1949
Credit Ezra Stoller / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
Olivetti Underwood Factory, Louis Kahn, Harrisburg, Pa., 1969
Credit Ezra Stoller / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
Philip Morris Research Center Tower, Ulrich Franzen, Richmond, Va., 1972
Credit Ezra Stoller / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
Salk Institute of Biological Research, Louis Kahn, La Jolla, Calif., 1977
Credit Ezra Stoller / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
Seagram Building, Mies van der Rohe with Philip Johnson, New York, N.Y., 1958
Credit Ezra Stoller / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
Seagram Building, Mies van der Rohe with Philip Johnson, New York, N.Y., 1958
Credit Ezra Stoller / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
Seagram Building, Mies van der Rohe with Philip Johnson, New York, N.Y., 1958
Credit Ezra Stoller / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
TWA Terminal at Idlewild (now JFK) Airport, Eero Saarinen, New York, N.Y., 1962
Credit Ezra Stoller / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
TWA Terminal at Idlewild (now JFK) Airport, Eero Saarinen, New York, N.Y., 1962
Credit Ezra Stoller / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
TWA Terminal at Idlewild (now JFK) Airport, Eero Saarinen, New York, N.Y., 1962
Credit Ezra Stoller / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
United Nations, International Team of Architects Led by Wallace K. Harrison, New York, N.Y., 1952
Credit Ezra Stoller / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
United Nations, International Team of Architects Led by Wallace K. Harrison, New York, N.Y., 1952
Credit Ezra Stoller / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
United Nations, International Team of Architects Led by Wallace K. Harrison, New York, N.Y., 1952
Credit Ezra Stoller / Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery
Life Savers Factory, Port Chester, N.Y., 1956. Although he is most well-known for his photographs of architecture, Stoller was also often assigned to photograph stories about innovations in technology and man's relationship with machinery.
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Originally published on Mon March 4, 2013 9:31 am

Ezra Stoller probably wouldn't care about this question, but let's indulge it anyways: What makes a "beautiful" photograph?

To a degree, a lot depends on the subject, right? Would Ansel Adams have been half as famous if those landscapes hadn't already done most of the work?

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The Two-Way
10:08 am
Fri March 1, 2013

As Cardinals Vet Possible Popes, Names May Emerge

Credit Osservatore Romano / Reuters /Landov
Roman Catholic cardinals at the Vatican on Thursday, as Pope Benedict XVI bid them goodbye. Now they must turn to choosing his successor.
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  • On 'Morning Edition': Cokie Roberts reports from Rome

Will there be any clues in coming days and weeks about which cardinal will replace the now-departed Pope Benedict XVI?

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Shots - Health News
9:25 am
Fri March 1, 2013

A Mother's Death Tested Reporter's Thinking About End-of-Life Care

Credit Randall Stewart / Courtesy of Charles Ornstein
Charles Ornstein with his mother, Harriet Ornstein, on his wedding day, weeks after she was mugged in a parking lot and knocked to the pavement with a broken nose.
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Originally published on Fri March 1, 2013 10:42 am

My father, sister and I sat in the near-empty Chinese restaurant, picking at our plates, unable to avoid the question that we'd gathered to discuss: When was it time to let Mom die?

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