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The Royal penguin that washed up on a beach in New Zealand is the second from Antarctica to arrive there in as many years.

Georgia inmate Warren Lee Hill has received a stay of execution. State doctors who initially said Hill, who has an IQ of 70, did not meet the qualifications for "mental retardation" have changed their minds. Only Georgia requires a defendant to prove mental impairment beyond a reasonable doubt.

Canon law calls for a papal conclave 15 to 20 days after the papacy becomes vacant, but that rule takes into account a funeral. Benedict is retiring.

3-D printing can be used to make food, guns and maybe human ears. Researchers say that using collagen to print out ear cartilage solves a lot of the problems in making new ears for people with birth defects or injuries.

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There’s a new shelter in the Lafayette area for families in an emergency situation.The SIA Safe Haven Home opened Wednesday at the Faith Ministries…

Proposed legislation that passed a Senate committee Wednesday places stricter regulation on the dispensing of the abortion-inducing drug known as RU-486…

A reorganization of the upper administration at Purdue is inevitable. That’s the assessment of President Mitch Daniels.He says successful executives are…

On a movie set, every piece of furniture, wall hanging or bit of desktop clutter that an actor doesn't touch is chosen by the film's set decorator. For her annual Oscar-season series on Hollywood jobs, NPR's Susan Stamberg follows a handful of these decorators from prep through "Action!"

Tina Brown, editor of the Daily Beast and Newsweek, joins NPR's Steve Inskeep for another round of reading recommendations. This month, she offers three picks that show how the world looks after the 2001 attacks.