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  • Fantastic Negrito, Angel Olsen and Iggy Pop made some of Bob Boilen's favorite songs of the year.
    Bob Boilen's Top 40 Songs Of 2016
    The All Songs Considered and Tiny Desk host shares the songs that set you up for a brilliant climax and an unforgettable chorus.
  • Displaced Kurdish and Arab women, who fled from violence after a Turkish offensive in northeastern Syria, sit with their children at a public school used as shelter where they now live in Hasakah, Syria.
    UNICEF's Top Syria Official: 'We Have Witnessed Huge Amounts Of Distress' Among Kids
    Turkey's invasion of Syria this month has displaced 80,000 children who are "really in deep distress," UNICEF's Fran Equiza tells NPR. "The price children pay is absolutely disproportionate."
  • A Student Set Out To Correct The National Park Service's Mistake, He Did
    A good news story about one citizen's journey to set the record straight with the National Park Service, whose website contained an error.
  • People gather in a park outside of the U.S. Capitol to watch the Jan. 6 House committee investigation in Washington, Thursday, June 9, 2022, as the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol holds the first in a series of hearings laying out its findings.
    Opinion: After Jan. 6, what's next for our democracy?
    NPR's Scott Simon shares his thoughts on watching the first public hearings of the House committee investigating the January 6th insurrection.
  • The Top Stories On NPR.org This Year
    This was a big year in politics. But readers also devoured stories on avoiding mosquitoes, raising courageous kids, and why taking notes by hand is still your best bet.
  • Cell Phone Ring Tones Top the Charts
    Downloading popular songs to use as personal cell phone ring tones has turned into a $3 billion global industry. A growing revenue stream for songwriters and publishers, ring tones are now outselling digital downloads of music. NPR's Michele Norris talks to Geoff Mayfield, the director of charts for Billboard Magazine, which has just launched a "Hot Ringtones" chart.
  • Tenet to Give Up CIA's Top Post
    CIA Director George Tenet resigns, effective in July. The move, announced by President Bush on the White House's South Lawn, comes after Tenet faced harsh criticism over intelligence failures related to Iraq and the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The president praised Tenet's leadership and work in seven years at the CIA. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports.
  • Housing Crisis, Economy Top Issues for Candidates
    Presidential candidates are weighing in on how to address the subprime mortgage crisis. Hillary Clinton is calling for a freeze on adjustable mortgage rates. Barack Obama wants to eliminate predatory lending. And Mitt Romney wants the FHA to help more homeowners. But that's just one of the economic issues addressed by the candidates.
  • Big Dogs Top Underdogs in NCAA Tournament
    The teams the experts most expected to advance survive three rounds of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. It's rare for four No. 1 seeds to be alive so deep into the tournament. But Florida, Kansas, Ohio State and North Carolina play on.
  • 'Birdman' Tops Golden Globes With 7 Nominations
    In the best picture category, "Birdman" was joined by "St. Vincent," "Grand Budapest Hotel," "Into the Woods" and "Pride."
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