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In this music parody game, songs by The Cure are rewritten to be about things that were touted as having health benefits, with no science to back up their claims.

Classmates, clergy and community leaders are taking a new look at life in Red Lake in the aftermath of Monday's school shootings. The isolated Red Lake reservation is home to some 5,000 Chippewa, or Ojibwe, people.

Arab television has aired a videotaped message from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. NPR's Mike Shuster reports on bin Laden's statement.

Iraqi officials are blaming al Qaeda and a Sunni militant group for an explosion at one of the country's most famous Shiite religious shrines. The blast in Samarra destroyed the golden dome and sent protesters into the streets.

Cool, wet weather discourages tourism in Bethlehem on Christmas Eve and dampens Palestinian merchants' high hopes for the holiday. The barrier Israel is erecting to separate Jerusalem from the West Bank may also factor in the turnout.

Tornadoes touched down in several states this week, killing at least 27 people. The majority of those killed lived in a handful of rural counties in northwest Tennessee.

The NAACP chooses businessman Bruce Gordon, a former Verizon executive, to replace Kweisi Mfume as president of the NAACP.

In Southern Sudan, international aid is being put to full use, and so are the shipping materials. The Sudanese are converting the packaging from international food aid and other supplies into necessities such as ropes, furniture, and kitchen utensils.

Hearings this week in Topeka focused on how the theory of evolution should be taught in Kansas schools. Proponents of intelligent design propose that students and teachers be encouraged to discuss alternate views to the theory of evolution.

Two Impressionist paintings stolen form a Zurich museum on Feb. 10 have been recovered from an abandoned car.