The alleged Christmas Day would-be attacker grew up in a strict, well-to-do family in a region of northern Nigeria heavily impacted by religious violence. When he left home for boarding school, he became increasingly troubled by his family’s Western lifestyle and turned more ardently to Islam. Part 1 of an NPR News Investigation.

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Fans of his straightforward, unapologetic and occasionally icy analysis will welcome Dick Button’s role at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. The former Olympic figure skating gold medalist returns to television for NBC’s coverage of the winter games.

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Unless something changes, prisoners will again be counted in this year’s census as residents of the places where they’re locked up, not their hometowns. That means more political power for mostly rural and white prison host communities, and less for mostly urban and minority neighborhoods.

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Sen. Evan Bayh, a prominent Democrat who has been mentioned prominently in connection with White House sweepstakes in recent years, is ready to announce he will not seek re-election, a Democratic official said Monday.

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Like many cities across the nation, Colorado Springs, Colo., is trying to close a big budget gap. The town is shutting off lights and slashing budgets for parks, police and fire fighters, but that’s not stopped voters from tightening the purse strings even more.

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Colorado Springs, Colo., is turning off a third of its streetlights and slashing budgets for parks, police and firefighters, but that hasn’t stopped voters from tightening the purse strings even more.

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The professor accused of shooting three University of Alabama colleagues to death during a faculty meeting was a Harvard-educated neurobiologist, inventor and mother whose life had been marred by a violent episode in her distant past.

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Shopping is an activity that still is somewhat unnatural for most males. But increasingly, more men are shopping for everything from food to clothing. Marketing experts say stores could persuade men to stay longer and spend more by putting them at ease with free booze.

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