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Backing Becks: Don't Knock The Soccer Star's Talents

Sports commentator Frank Deford says David Beckham's talents have been overlooked.

Teacher Led Students Through Storm Despite Peril To Daughter

As happened in Newtown, Conn., teachers saved pupils' lives in Monday's tornado in Moore, Okla.

Apple, Tech Giants And An Industrial-Age Tax Code

Reporter Charles Duhigg and NPR's Jennifer Ludden talk about the tax code and the digital economy.

The Low-Tech Way Guns Get Traced

The process is usually tedious, involving many calls and searching, by hand, through paper records.

 

Discovering A Family Member's Lost Time In Amsterdam

When Margot Adler found out a cousin had hidden from the Nazis in Amsterdam, she was stunned.

Afghans With Disabilities Fight For The Right To Rights

Afghanistan isn't an easy place to make a living; if you have a disability, it's downright hostile.

A Sign Of Disunity? Iranian Candidates Jockey For Position

The lack of a clear front-runner suggests the supreme leader has failed to unify the nation's elite.

Living On The Border, Driven — Literally — Underground

Many migrants along Tijuana's sewage canal have dug holes to live in for protection against police.

PBS NewsHour

Group Seeks Help From Social Networks to Combat Hate Speech

Social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter helps users mobilize around a common cause. But what if their message is one of hate? The Simon Wiesenthal Center, a group working against global racism, has compiled a list of hundreds of websites it deems hateful and is pushing their host sites to remove them.

New Chapter Begins for U.S. Relations With Myanmar, Though Concerns Remain

At the White House, President Barack Obama welcomed Myanmar President Thein Sein, the first Burmese leader to visit Washington in nearly five decades. Ray Suarez talks to Jennifer Quigley of the U.S. Campaign for Burma and Priscilla Clap, former chief of the U.S. mission in Myanmar, about reforms in that country.

Assad Forces Try to Retake Border Town With Help From Hezbollah

In Syria, Assad government troops pushed to retake a strategic town close to the Lebanese border. Hezbollah fighters joined the Syrian regime army in laying siege to Qusayr, home to 40,000 civilians. Judy Woodruff reports on the growing involvement of Hezbollah in the Syrian conflict.

News Wrap: Sectarian Violence Continues in Iraq With Car Bombs in Baghdad, Basra

In other news Monday, a wave of sectarian killings across Iraq left at least 95 people dead. It was the single-worst day of violence in Iraq in more than a year and a half. Also The New York Times reports that computer hackers in the Chinese military have resumed attacks on U.S. companies and government agencies.

BBC News

US rescuers comb tornado-hit area

The rescue effort after the Oklahoma twister that killed 24 people nears an end, as it emerges the storm was more powerful than thought.

Ahmadinejad to contest bar on ally

Iran's President Ahmadinejad says he will contest the disqualification of his ally Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei from next month's presidential poll.

SAP in autism recruitment drive

German software company SAP says it hopes to recruit hundreds of people with autism, saying they have a unique talent for information technology.

Tax and energy to dominate EU summit

EU leaders will seek to curb tax evasion, which costs EU states 1tn euros a year, and bring down energy prices to boost competition.

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Michigan LGBT Youth Center Does Outreach With A Dance 'Hook'

The Ruth Ellis Center is making an effort to meet its clients where they are — on the dance floor.

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One of the victims in a triple murder may have been a friend of bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev.