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Monday - Rubin "Hurricane" Carter obit, Newfoundland marathoners, fake journals, and more...

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter spent his life fighting; first as a boxer, and then -- after being exonerated of a triple murder -- for the rights of the wrongfully convicted. At today's historic Boston Marathon, two Newfoundland men figuratively pushed each other to keep going -- but literally, one pushed the other over the finish line...and a reporter who cobbles together a...
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Rubin "Hurricane" Carter listens to a question during a news conference before his speech at Kutztown University on Feb. 9, 2000, in Kutztown, Pa. Carter, the former American boxer imprisoned nearly 20 years for three murders before the convictions were overturned, has died at his home in Toronto. He was 76. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Reading Eagle-Times, Tony Fiorini (Tony Fiorini/Reading Eagle-Times/Associated Press)
As It Happens27:26April 21, 2014 - Pt 1

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter spent his life fighting; first as a boxer, and then -- after being exonerated of a triple murder -- for the rights of the wrongfully convicted. At today's historic Boston Marathon, two Newfoundland men figuratively pushed each other to keep going -- but literally, one pushed the other over the finish line...and a reporter who cobbles together a research paper that's utterly and deliberately incoherent finds a surprising number of dubious journals prepared to publish it.

 

Part One

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter obit
John Artis, who was convicted with boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter in 1967 for three murders they didn't commit, recalls his friend from the home they shared in Toronto.

Newfoundland Boston marathoners
This year, the Boston Marathon was more than just a race -- it was a display of pride and defiance. We'll speak with two Newfoundland men who crossed the finish line a split-second apart -- because one was pushing the other in a wheelchair.

Fake journals
A reporter submits an utterly nonsensical research paper to scientific journals, and gets several offers to publish it -- for, you know, a nominal fee.

Part Two

"All Our Names" author Dinaw Mengestu: feature interview

MacArthur Foundation-certified genius: Dinaw Mengestu's new novel, "All Our Names", is about a man who flees Uganda in the 'seventies for the United States -- but finds he can't leave his past behind.

Part Three

Alistair MacLeod obit
In his fiction, the late Alistair MacLeod conjured his Cape Breton home for readers all over the world. In his life, he inspired countless other writers -- among them, our guest, the Giller Prize-winning author David Adams Richards.

Open source seeding
Fed up with the fiercely guarded patents of big agricultural companies, Wisconsin scientists introduce "open source seeds" -- available to anyone, without restriction.

Art theft returns
Across Atlantic Canada, museums and collectors are finally getting their artifacts back -- just months after the man who stole them was convicted.

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