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  • Afghan Activists Hope For Larger Say In Country's Future
    About 50 civil society activists from Afghanistan are in London for a major international conference. They hope to have a larger say in their country's future than they have in the past.
  • House Adjourns For Good ... ?
    The Illinois House has adjourned its two-year legislative session for good, without a vote on a minimum wage hike - meaning that Representatives will not…
  • The local middle school plays its annual homecoming football game at Wilcox Central High in Camden, Alabama.
    In Rural Alabama, Fighting HIV With A Game
    In rural Alabama, HIV infection rates are among the highest in the nation, but talk of the virus is largely taboo. One researcher is hoping to break through the stigma with a video game.
  • Liberia President Sets Dec. 25 Goal For No New Ebola Cases
    Ebola has killed more people in Liberia than any other country — just over 3,100. And it continues to be a problem in Liberia's countryside. But the number of new cases overall in the West African nation dropped over the last two months, according to health officials.
  • NASA To Test Orion Spacecraft For Long Future Missions
    NASA plans to launch an unmanned capsule named "Orion" from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday. NASA hopes that Orion will one day carry astronauts beyond Earth's orbit and even to Mars.
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    How Private Collectors Helped Make Miami An Art Destination
    Every December, tens of thousands of visitors descend on Miami. But they aren't there for the beaches; they're there for Art Basel, a giant art fair that private collectors helped lure to the city.
  • Iran Extends Detention Of 'Washington Post' Journalist
    Jason Rezaian, The Post journalist who has been held without trial in Iran since July, will be held for at least another 2 months. Steve Inskeep talks to Ali Rezaian, the journalist's brother.
  • 'Black Lives Matter' Slogan Becomes A Bigger Movement
    When a grand jury in New York did not indict a police officer for the death of Eric Garner, protesters chanted a slogan. They chanted the same slogan after a killing in Ferguson, Missouri.
  • A caretaker holds baby Sekou Dukuly at a shelter run by ChildFund in Monrovia. Later that day, the baby was reunited with his extended family.
    For Ebola Orphans In Liberia, It's A Bittersweet New Beginning
    After being quarantined for weeks, 18 children in Monrovia are ready to go to new homes or reunite with extended family. But it's not all smiles as the children remember the family they lost.
  • NASA's Orion Capsule Built To Take Humans Into Deep Space
    This is the first time NASA will fly a spacecraft designed for humans since the space shuttle retired in 2011. The pod is similar to what the Apollo astronauts used in the 1960s and '70s.
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