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Bryan Stevenson's memoir has changed the way we talk about capital punishment. Now, it's being turned into a movie.

The 18 second clip was of YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim standing in front of some elephants. That humble video, uploaded 15 years ago this week, has now been viewed over 90 million times.

Also: Fuel barges in Alabama explode, injuring three; the death toll in the Bangladesh factory explosion rises; Congress is looking at ways to ease flight delays due to federal spending cuts; and a Chinese chef wreaks havoc by mistakenly adding pesticide to a sauce.

It's tranquil now, but forecasters predict an above-average six-month season with a good possibility of six major storms.

Forecasters expect Tropical Storm Andrea to bring heavy rains to Florida before moving up the East Coast in the coming days. It is the first named storm in what is expected to be a busy hurricane season.

U2 rocker and international aid activist Bono got some praise and some laughs this week when he mimicked the former president (they're friends). Clinton got a chance to respond in kind on CNN. Check out their performances.

The best-selling writer of such military and espionage novels as The Hunt for Red October, Red Storm Rising and Patriot Games was 66.

Also: Tropical Storm Karen is headed for the U.S. Gulf coast; tornadoes are predicted for the Midwest; more than 100 migrants died in the shipwreck near Sicily; Ireland is voting over whether to abolish its Senate; and Hungarian students protest a new dress code by stripping.

Also: A Congressional staffer takes the rostrum for a bizarre rant; Caroline Kennedy is confirmed as the next U.S. Ambassador to Japan; a trial on Michigan's ban on gay marriage is set for next February; and it's earthquake drill day.

Kids were told in the '60s that the astronauts loved that orange drink. Well, the second man on the moon says otherwise.

The New York band's sound veers from girl-group pop to sunbaked psychedelia. NPR's Arun Rath speaks with singers Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe, whose entwined vocals are what make the group stand out.

Also: A watchdog organization says Syria has dismantled another chemical weapons facility; Iran opens nuclear talks with the U.S. and other nations; a brilliant meteor surprises southern California; and evangelist Billy Graham turns 95 today.