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 After acid attacks and execution, Iran defends human rights record | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 238

Iranian officials are lashing out at U.N. report portraying Iranians as suffering from an opaque justice system, regular oppression of women and religious persecution.

 Woman in street harassment video: 'I do not feel safe right now' | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 268

Actress Shoshana Roberts says she has received several violent threats because of her role in a widely-watched anti-street harassment PSA.

 Groups sue EPA over smog in air basin | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 57

The plaintiffs include Communities for a Better Environment, Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles, Sierra Club, and Natural Resources Defense Council.

 $800,000 campaign question: Who'll call the shots at the Santa Monica Airport? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 129

In one of the most contentious and expensive ballot battles in Santa Monica, two competing measures attempt to define who will control the city's airport.

 Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo crash leaves 1 dead, 1 injured | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 250

One person was killed and one injured when Virgin Galactic's experimental space tourism craft SpaceShipTwo crashed in the desert Friday.

 Art duo Kozyndan on Hello Kitty's 40th anniversary, contributing to JANM exhibit | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 279

Kozy and Dan Kitchens make up Kozyndan, a husband and wife team whose work is featured in the Japanese American National Museum's Hello Kitty exhibit.

 Werner Herzog gives advice on documentary filmmaking: 'Try to look deep into the hearts of people' | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 138

"I do not come like a journalist with a catalog of questions," Herzog says. "You have to feel out the other person, give the other person space."

 Patt Morrison: A brief history of drought in California | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 352

Rain fell at a fraction of normal levels, livestock were slaughtered en masse and California's once-thriving rancho economy was devastated.

 'Classic Alice' Web series gives a college girl's life literary treatment | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 291

Alice Rackham is a college student who responds to a bad grade by living her life according to the themes of classic literature. Learn about this Web series here.

 Close state schools superintendent race coming down to the wire | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 246

New Field Poll data shows the two candidates are neck-and-neck in the final days of the campaign, both drawing 28 percent support from likely voters.

 Wonder Woman and her lesbian, feminist, bondage themes | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 455

Why hasn't the heroine had her own feature film? We delve deep into the origins of Wonder Woman and her creator, William Marston.

 At LA's immigration courts, youth face critical steps with or without an attorney | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 392

Some children are the first to enter the immigration court system under a new, expedited program that requires them to have a court hearing within 21 days of their initial filing.

 Weekend Preview: Halloween and beyond on a dime | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 296

Halloween hikes, a zombie crawl, Dia de los Muertos activities and more are in store this weekend.

 Treasure Island Music Festival 2014: Washed Out, Chet Faker and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 271

The event, set on a small man-made island in the middle of San Francisco Bay, is like no other festival experience.

 'Low Down' film profiles jazz pianist Joe Albany, features musician Flea | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 572

"Low Down" looks at the life of jazz pianist Joe Albany through the eyes of his young daughter (played by Elle Fanning). Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea plays Hobbs and he joins Take Two to talk about it.

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