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Leslie Van Houten was denied parole more than 20 times — including five reversals from California's governor's office — over the brutal murders of Rosemary and Leno LaBianca in 1969.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visit Iraq unannounced on Tuesday, but her trip was overshadowed by an incursion into the northern part of the country by Turkish troops hunting guerrillas of the Kurdish separatist group PKK. The U.S. has recently begun sharing intelligence with Turkey to pinpoint guerrilla positions.

A storm that brought freezing rain and snow to the plains states and Midwest over the weekend has moved into the Northeast, leaving at least 19 people dead in weather-related accidents.

Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto died after gunfire and a suicide bomber targeted her vehicle as she left a campaign rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Thursday. Guests discuss what happened at the rally and the implications of Bhutto's death.

In an emotional ceremony, the late Benazir Bhutto's nineteen-year-old son took his mother's place and was appointed chair of the Pakistan People's Party, Sunday. NPR's Philip Reeves reports from Pakistan.

Lee Myung-bak looks likely to be South Korea's next president after exit polls show he has won a landslide victory, as voters overlook fraud allegations hoping he can revive the economy.

The People's Power Party, which backs former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, wins nearly half the seats in Thailand's parliamentary election, rebuking the military generals who ousted Shinawatra from power 15 months ago.

Rioting is occurring in the Pakistani city of Karachi following the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.

Baseball fans at the ESPN Zone sports bar in Washington, D.C., McGillycuddy's bar in Milwaukee, and the Student Center at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, react to the Mitchell report on the illegal use of steroids and other performance-enhancing substances by players in Major League Baseball.

The presidential candidates are trying to pack in as many appearances as possible in Iowa and New Hampshire this weekend, before Christmas. Rudy Giuliani is in New Hampshire. His lead in national polls has been slipping.