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  • The portrayal of Jesus was in the home of a woman in her 90s. She was selling the house and auctioning the contents. The painting, "Christ Mocked," is worth about $6 million, The Guardian reports.
  • The U.S. Geological Survey reported the magnitude was 7.1. It's the biggest earthquake in the area in 20 years and follows a 6.4 magnitude earthquake Thursday.
  • Almost $900 million of that money has been spent in just six states — Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan, North Carolina, Wisconsin and Arizona. Biden has a big spending advantage in those states.
  • Federal prosecutors have charged members of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys with conspiracy in connection with the Capitol riot. What do those cases tell us about advance planning for the violence?
  • John talks with NPR's Ketzel Levine about plants that do well in offices. While many plants will shrivel under fluorescent light, plants that are suited to irregular care and indirect light can thrive. Listeners can follow along on Ketzel's web site, Talking Plants. (6:30)
  • Host Madeleine Brand talks with the Tucson-based band Calexico, who try to capture the spirit of their region in music - a soundtrack to the Southwest. (6:30) {Calexico, Even My Sure Things Fall Through. Quarterstick Records, Chicago, IL: 1998-2001}.
  • Dangerfield died Tuesday at the age of 82. He recently published a book about his life, Rodney Dangerfield: It's Not Easy Bein' Me. This interview was originally broadcast on July 6, 2004.
  • Consumer prices jumped 8.6% last month compared to the same time a year ago.
  • Robert talks with Mark Johnson-Williams, one of the designers of the Tickle Me Elmo toy. Johnson-Williams tells how the FBI investigated him for 6 months as one of the UNABOMBER suspects.
  • The Oath Keepers are a far-right group charged with seditious conspiracy over the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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