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Mahmoud Abdel Rahman carries the dead body of his eleven-month old grandson, Latif, who was killed along with his mother on Monday when their house collapsed in a car bomb attack, while mourners carry the coffin of the mother, Hasnah Abdel Rasul, during their funeral in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, on Tuesday.

U.N. Says Nearly 1,000 Iraqis Were Killed In September

Sectarian violence has climbed to levels not seen since 2008. The death toll this year has already exceeded that of 2012.

The controversial burger, which comes with an unconsecrated communion wafer, at the Kuma's Corner restaurant in Chicago.

Tasteless Or Not? Restaurant Puts Communion Wafer On Burger

Kuma's Corner, a Chicago eatery, says the dish is in honor of a Swedish heavy metal band that dresses in religious robes. Critics say it makes a mockery of something that is holy to Catholics and many other Christians.

Soprano Angela Meade's career rocketed after she made her professional debut as Elvira in Verdi's <em>Ernani</em> at New York's Metropolitan Opera.

Guest DJ Angela Meade: Hitting The Big Time With Help From Verdi

To mark the bicentennial of Giuseppe Verdi's birth, one of today's preeminent sopranos spins her favorite music by the master opera composer.

<strong>Praying For Those Who Died:</strong> Mourners were in Kiev's Independence Square again on Tuesday. It was the site of protests in recent months, and was where more than 80 people died last week in violence blamed on security forces.

Crisis In Ukraine: Formation Of New Government Is Delayed

While the search continues for ousted President Viktor Yanukovych, officials are working to fill the posts left vacant after his removal from office.

For helping to find asteroids, NASA has set up a contest with cash awards. In 2012, the agency said that "more potentially hazardous asteroids, or PHAs, are closely aligned with the plane of our solar system than previous models suggested."

NASA Offers $35,000 For Help In Tracking Asteroids

Cash prizes await "citizen scientists" who can improve algorithms that help NASA find and identify asteroids in our solar system, the agency says. A contest begins next week.

Clockwise from upper left: Damon Albarn, Sharon Van Etten, Beach House, Slow Club

New Mix: Damon Albarn, Sharon Van Etten, Beach House, More

Hosts Bob and Robin are trapped in their respective homes for this snow-day edition of the show, but warm things up with breezy cuts from Eternal Summers, Slow Club and more.

Jordyn Skinner, Franco's Pizzeria, Minimum Wage

Bottom Rung: Why An Influx Of Retirees To Idaho Is Creating More Low-Wage Jobs

There’s a brand new pizza joint in southeast Boise. It’s nestled in a mini-strip mall with a gas station, dry cleaner and hair salon.On a recent Friday…

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (second left) stands with West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl (left), U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at London's Buckingham Palace on June 10, 1984.

Queen's Speech For WWIII: British Must 'Prepare To Survive'

The chilling, never delivered speech for Queen Elizabeth II was drafted by civil servants in 1983 as part of a war games scenario.

Coming Soon: A New NPR.org Homepage

A big change is coming to NPR.org, and you are among the first to know about it.

Wildfire Update: Elk Fire Threatens Rural Idaho Town Of Pine

UPDATE 2:03 p.m.: Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter has issued a disaster declaration for Elmore County. The declaration allows resources from Boise, Meridian,…

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