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July 27th, 2012
07:00 PM ET

Five guys take same photo for 30 years

A photo tradition has helped five men maintain their friendship for 30 years.  CNN's Brooke Baldwin talked to one of them to learn why.


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July 27th, 2012
06:52 PM ET

Father using old mailboxes to get drugs off the streets

After losing his son to synthetic pot, Lance Dyer was inspired to get drugs off the streets and he's found a unique way to get it done. He's taking old mailboxes from the US Postal services and made them into pill/drug drop-off boxes.  Brooke talks with Dyer more about why he's doing and finds out just how much he has collected.

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July 27th, 2012
06:05 PM ET

Syria: Showdown looms in Aleppo

Rebels are preparing for "the mother of all battles" in Aleppo as they claim to capture more of the town.  The confrontation could signal the fate of the Bashar al-Assad regime.  Brooke Baldwin explains how this could reveal possible cracks in the Assad regime and what's happening  now on the ground.

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July 27th, 2012
12:49 PM ET

#WeekWindDown July 27th, 2012

Happy Friday! Time for the behind-the-scenes video we call the Week Wind Down.

This week, Brooke fields your Twitter questions about what Olympic event she's looking forward to watching, and she takes you in the audio booth where she puts down the audio for our "cold open".

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