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Who says they don't make 'em like they used to? If you walked past theaters featuring special-effects-driven epics, chances are you could find something special in 2006. Critic Bob Mondello offers a breakdown of his Top 10 — and the 10 that nearly made it.

NPR's Melissa Block reflects on the results of an annual survey about what most scares Americans. The nation's health care system, pollution and another world war rank in the top 10.

Also: The 2016 National Book Award finalists are announced; Hanoi Hanna, who broadcast to American GIs in Vietnam has died; and the Paris climate accord is set to take effect next month.

Also: U.S. troops capture a Benghazi suspect in Libya; the U.S. northeast cleans up after a powerful storm wreaks damage; and today is the start of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.

Julie Hamp was accused of importing the prescription painkiller oxycodone in violation of the country's narcotics laws. She was arrested June 18 but has not been charged.

Also: The last primary of the year is underway in Washington, D.C.; Venezuela eases its two day work week; and Margaret Vinci Heldt, creator of the beehive hairdo, has died.

Also: The United Kingdom holds national elections today; the House debates limiting the Dodd-Frank financial reform law; and the Golden State Warriors beat Cleveland in Game 3 of the NBA finals.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gave a wide-ranging press conference today in Berlin with the German and foreign press. On the Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki, she seemed to welcome that the two met.

When it comes to wine, some consumers still equate quality with price. But at the 28th Annual International Eastern Wine Competition, a $1.99 bottle of California Wine, the 2002 Charles Shaw Shiraz, beat out 2,300 wines to win a prestigious double gold medal. Hear NPR's Steve Inkseep.

Obama's supporter and former South Dakota Senator Tom Daschle was nominated to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and director of the new White House Office of Health Reform.