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Vote For The Creature From The Black Lagoon

How do you break out of the pack if you're in a mayoral race with dozens of other candidates?

It's high noon at ANTIQUES ROADSHOW in Dallas, Texas, when this guest (right) brings in a guns-a-blazing, Western-themed painting by renowned Saturday Evening Post illustrator William H.D. Koerner. Appraiser Nan Chisholm of Nan Chisholm Fine Art declares that this vibrant illustration could draw $150,000.

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: Dallas, Texas - Hour Three

Airs Monday, November 4, 2013 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

Puppet character Gary San Diego and puppeteer Iain Gunn.

Animal Cracker Conspiracy Challenges Expectations About Puppetry

Adult Puppet Cabaret Moves To Space 4 Art

Tightrope walker Andrea Loreni performs in front of the Coliseum in Rome on Saturday. Rome's new mayor is on a crusade to make the ancient monuments more pedestrian friendly, and the city held an all-night street party as it permanently blocked off part of the main road running past the Coliseum.

Rome's New Mayor Wants The Monuments Pedestrian Friendly

Many cities hold arts festivals during the summer. Rome joined the party last Saturday as part of a larger effort to radically revamp traffic and make the area around the Coliseum and other monuments more welcoming for pedestrians.

Maria del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, the duchess of Alba, and her husband, Alfonso Diez, walk out of the chapel after their wedding at Las Duenas Palace in Seville, on Oct. 5, 2011. The duchess of Alba died Thursday. She was 88.

Duchess Of Alba, Spain's Richest Woman, Dies At 88

Maria del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart had more titles than any other aristocrat in the world. She died today in Seville.

How Will You Work Out When CrossFit's No Longer Hip?

Fitness programs typically don't have much staying power. People are already saying adios to Zumba and Pilates. The cheapest and simplest routines are more likely to be keepers. Think down dog.

In June 1964, James Brock dumped acid into the water at the Monson Motor Lodge in St. Augustine, Fla. He was trying to disrupt swimmers who were protesting the hotel's whites-only policy.

Remembering A Civil Rights Swim-In: 'It Was A Milestone'

Fifty years ago, J.T. Johnson and Al Lingo jumped into a whites-only pool in Florida as part of a civil rights protest. They were taken to jail — after the hotel owner poured acid into the water.

Campus Sexual Assaults Are Targeted In New White House Report

Noting that one in five women is sexually assaulted in college, the White House releases new guidelines to help victims of that violence and to improve the way schools handle such cases.

In 2011, Nicholas Vogt, then a first lieutenant, was severely injured by a roadside bomb while on foot patrol in Afghanistan. He says, "The only thing that I want to pass on is this: Losing limbs is like losing a good friend. We wish we could still be with them, but it wasn't 'in the cards'. Then we get up, remember the good times, and thank God for whatever we have left."

It's Not Rude: These Portraits Of Wounded Vets Are Meant To Be Stared At

Photographer David Jay says, "I take these pictures so that we can look; we can see what we're not supposed to see. And we need to see them because we created them."

Jan Scruggs gazes up at the names of fellow military service members inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Founder: Monument Almost Never Got Built

Jan Scruggs commemorates the 40th anniversary of the end to the Vietnam War with a walk along the memorial he pioneered building.

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