Muhammad Ali defeats George Foreman, winning back the heavyweight title; after retiring in 1981, he travels the world as a symbol of peace and hope.
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Professional crime-scene cleaner Wicky has to mop up after a particularly grisly murder.
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The 9,000-year history of the car, from its roots in dog sleds to Henry Ford’s Model T; the next generation of self-driving automobiles.
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Robots are first conceptualized in ancient Rome; how uses for robots have evolved over the centuries, from the calculator to the Roomba; what future robots might be able to do.
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The automobile brings new freedoms as well as perils to Blacks on the road from the 1930s to the late 1960s.
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Pork chops with bourbon-cherry sauce and sweet potatoes; South Carolina delicacy; South Carolina barbecue hash.
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Charles Schulz comic strip art; a 15th-century Ming dynasty celadon dish; a Eugene Sartory bow and French violin.
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A Philip Margetts archive; Patek Philippe ladies’ watches; Japanese silk needlework circa 1910.
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A visit to the Basque Block in Boise, Idaho; clams with chorizo; Worcestershire sauce; shrimp and garlic; Spanish-style sizzling garlic shrimp.
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The magic and influence of craft, featuring Diedrick Brackens, Ayumi Horie, Maddy Leeser, Mary Little, Simon Rodin and more.
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Carrot snack cake; water bottles; oatmeal creme pies.
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New apprentices join the team as the roof goes up; visiting a cabinet showroom to finalize plans; the house gets sheathed; grand tour.
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Boxer Cassius Clay rises from the amateur ranks to win gold at the 1960 Olympics and become a contender for the heavyweight championship title.
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Wicky arrives at a stately home to clean up a burglary gone wrong.
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Discoveries reveal traces of ancient civilizations that flourished for centuries with prehistoric populations in the Amazon.
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In De Pere, Wisconsin, you can feel the excitement and see the change along the Fox River.
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In 1927, the Mississippi River flooded from New Orleans, leaving a million people homeless
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When a developer lays plans for an “innovation district,” a battle erupts over the future of Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood.
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Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Norah Jones performs highlights from “Visions”; Hurry for the Riff Raff presents standouts from “The Past Is Still Alive.”
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An 1844 Bellows Falls LDS church hymnal; a 1914 Olaf Carl Seltzer oil painting; a 1969 prototype Hot Wheels Beach Bomb.
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