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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.

The book cover for John Waters' latest book, "Carsick," about hitchhiking across the U.S.

John Waters Still Shocking And Fun After All These Years

Pop icon has new book about hitchhiking across America

Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner California Chrome came to Southern California and easily won the Hollywood Derby at Del Mar on Saturday, November 29.

Del Mar Race Track Assesses New Fall Races

This year, the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club held a fall race season. It ended Sunday after a weekend that brought Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, California Chrome, to the race track.

African-Americans on their way to church.

First Listen: 'When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926-1936'

They might seem dusty, almost mystical or supernatural, but the vibrant songs on this three-disc set come from a golden age of gospel that set the path for rock 'n' roll.

A man is arrested by police after kneeling in the street during a protest outside the Ferguson Police Department on Saturday.

Ferguson Largely Peaceful After Officer's Decision To Quit

Darren Wilson, who fatally shot Michael Brown in August but was not indicted by a grand jury last week, has tendered his resignation from the force.

An Aging Rake, An Ingenue, And A Strapping Young Painter In 'Tristana'

NYRB Classics has just reissued Tristana, an 1892 novel by the great Spanish author Benito Pérez Galdós. Critic Juan Vidal says Tristana's intelligence and emotional richness is comparable to Dickens.

Texas death row inmate Scott Panetti has had a long history of mental illness but was allowed to defend himself at trial. He is scheduled to be executed next Wednesday.

Texas Execution Nears For Murderer Whose Competence Was Debated

Next week, Texas is slated to execute Scott Panetti for murder. He has a long history of mental illness but was allowed to defend himself at trial, where he insisted he was a movie character.

A worker cleans up glass outside of a Quiznos restaurant that was damaged during a demonstration Tuesday in Ferguson, Mo.

At Vandalized Ferguson Businesses, Anger And Tears

In Ferguson, Mo., some residents spent Tuesday cleaning up looted and vandalized businesses near the police station — some for the second time since the August shooting sparked public outcry.

'Ferguson Forward': Churchgoers Seek A New Normal

Spiritual leaders are praying for calm, but preparing for everything, as they wait for a grand jury decision in the shooting of Michael Brown.

Masked pro-democracy protesters move a barricade farther away from an office tower Tuesday in accordance to a court injunction to clear up part of the protest site, after the arrival of bailiffs outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong. Authorities were preparing to clear part of a key area of the heart of the city that has been occupied by the demonstrators for nearly two months.

Hong Kong Clears Part Of Main Protest Camp

Pro-democracy protesters had held the site outside Hong Kong's main government buildings for nearly two months. "We will proceed on the principle of peace and nonviolence," said one protest leader.

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