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. >> sreenivasan: floyd collins shared his experiences of the discrimination the famous black pilots how the bonds they formed remain decades later. that's on the rundown. on our art beat page, jeff talks to lou beach, the author of a book of very short stories, "420 characters." and we launch a special series today with our partners at globalpost on how washington d.c. officials are learning important lessons about the fight against aids from their counterparts in africa. you can watch ray suarez's conversation with reporter john donnelly about washington's struggle with high rates of h.i.v. infection. here's an excerpt. >> what happened in africa was something that hasn't happened in the u.s. except for the very beginning of the aids epidemic. there was a huge amount of energy put into fighting aids there. in the domestic epidemic, it was really stagnant. so that energy came back from africa, from many americans, also from africans, to sort of teach cities like d.c. how to fight aids. >> that sounds totally counterintuitive. given what's happened over the last 20, 25 years of the e

collins. the boxing champ floyd mayweather could spend the three months jail sentence in side his nevada jaill. the judge requested the request to move to house arrest and told the boxer, stop complaining and seven your time already. this month, he started his sentence for bet his ex-girlfriend while two of their children watched. his lawyers argue for house arrest claiming the poor quality of food and lack of opportunity to exercise could force him to retire. but the judge said it is up to may weather to keep himself in shape. who comes out of prison anyway but in shape. >>arthur: everyone else would come in this and say if i don't get the ice cream to sell i will lose my job. >>randy: don't ask me who the dope is who said he should be released. i think that was me. >>shepard: you would have had to argue that point. >>randy: it was creative argument. >>shepard: first the chicago white sox and now a pitcher for the san francisco has thrown a perfect game the second time this season. it has never happened in that franchise only the 22nd time in major league history. from the senior circuit. we