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Authorities Search For 2 Suspects In Paris Attack

9:44am January 08, 2015

by Dina Temple-Raston

Police have a man in custody after he surrendered to authorities. He was wanted in relation to Wednesday's attack on the Paris offices of a satirical weekly. The two central suspects remain at large.

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Stephane Charbonnier, the editor of Charlie Hebdo, poses with his magazine on Sept. 19, 2012. The magazine, which was attacked today, is part of a long tradition of French satire.

'Charlie Hebdo,' A Magazine Of Satire, Mocks Politics, Religion

7:48am January 08, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The publication that was the target of a deadly attack is part of a long tradition of French satire dating to the days before the French Revolution.

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United In Grief, Cartoonists Show Solidarity With 'Charlie Hebdo'

4:34am January 08, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

From France to Australia, India and the U.S., cartoonists around the world paid tribute to their colleagues at the French magazine that was attacked today.

"France today faced a shock," Hollande (center) said, according to a BBC interpreter. "Today, I'm thinking about the victims."

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At Least 12 Die In Shooting At Magazine's Paris Office; Suspects Named

10:13pm January 07, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

President Francois Hollande said this was a "terrorist operation." Back in 2011, Charlie Hebdo printed a drawing of the Prophet Muhammad. Its office was destroyed by a firebomb.

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Pens are thrown on the ground during a vigil in Paris following a deadly attack at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, the weekly satirical magazine.

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French Media, Public Rally Behind 'Charlie Hebdo'

8:58pm January 07, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Three major media groups said they would lend staff and equipment to ensure the satirical magazine can continue publication after a deadly attack on its offices in Paris.

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'Charlie Hedbo' A Provocateur, Challenging Status Quo

8:57pm January 07, 2015

Melissa Block speaks with New Yorker editor Francoise Mouly about the French satirical magazine Charlie Hedbo and the larger landscape of satirical publications in France.

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French Government Organizes Massive Manhunt To Find Gunmen

6:17pm January 07, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

At least 12 people were killed after gunmen attacked the offices of a satirical magazine in Paris on Wednesday.

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White House: Paris Attack An Evolution Of Terror Threat

6:17pm January 07, 2015

In a statement on Wednesday, President Obama pledged support for the French authorities after the terrorist attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

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This did not really happen. Cows' heads did not emerge from the bodies of people newly inoculated against smallpox. But fear of the vaccine was so widespread that it prompted British satirist James Gillray to create this spoof in 1802.

A Cow Head Will Not Erupt From Your Body If You Get A Smallpox Vaccine

6:17pm January 07, 2015

by Jason Beaubien

The eradication of smallpox was arguably one of the greatest achievements of modern medicine. But people had crazy ideas about the vaccine when it was created in 1798. A new exhibit tells the story.

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French soldiers patrol in front of the Eiffel Tower on Wednesday, after heavily armed gunmen stormed the offices of Charlie Hebdo and killed at least 12 people — the deadliest attack in France in four decades.

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A Magazine Staff Is Slaughtered, A French Nightmare Is Realized

2:40pm January 07, 2015

by Greg Myre

The satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo kept taking jabs at Islamic radicals despite a 2011 firebombing that destroyed its office.