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Museum displays include examples of robes worn by the men, women and children of the Ku Klux Klan. Bill Bitzinger/Ferris State University hide caption
The current case of a prominent Chinese activist seeking U.S. protection has echoes of a similar episode in 1989. Then, physicist Fang Lizhi took refuge at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. He spent a year there before the U.S. and China reached a deal allowing him to move to the U.S. He died this month in Arizona, at age 76. John B. Carnett/Popular Science via Getty Images hide caption
Demonstrators with Guy Fawkes masks protest changing privacy policies on March 31, in Vienna. Ronald Zak/DAPD/AP hide caption
Teresa MacBain pauses while talking about her ongoing job search. She has been out of work since leaving her position as a Methodist pastor earlier this year. Colin Hackley for NPR hide caption
Farmers saw the administration's proposal as a threat to their way of life istockphoto.com hide caption
George Zimmerman during his bond hearing in a Seminole County, Fla., courtroom on April 20. Gary Green/Orlando Sentinel-Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Even as more people rely on cellphones to tell time, retailer American Apparel has found that novelty watches are selling well. Kaomi Goetz for NPR hide caption
This van plunged off the Bronx River Parkway on Sunday. All seven people inside were killed. Louis Lanzano/AP hide caption
Sunoco operates about 4,900 gasoline stations around the United States. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption