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Palestinian artist Mohammed al-Dairi paints a mural of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (right) and late Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin (left), in Gaza City. Hamas leaders are divided on what direction to take the Islamist movement, with some calling for reconciliation with Arafat's Fatah movement.

In Gaza, Calls For Change Put Hamas At A Crossroads

The Islamist group, which controls the Gaza Strip, is undergoing "fundamental change," according to analysts and the statements of its senior leaders. Hamas leaders say there are divisions among the ranks as they try to grapple with where to push the movement.

Boulder Gathers No Moss On Its Way To Los Angeles

Renee Montagne talks to Terry Emmert, who's in charge of transporting a 340 ton granite boulder to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, where it will be featured in a modern art exhibit.

Missouri Lawmakers Wrap Up Bills In Final Weeks

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kcur/local-kcur-899478.mp3Jefferson City, Mo. – With the state budget out of the way, Missouri…

Bow Hunters Continue Deer Management In Shawnee Mission Park; Animal Rights Movement Looks Ahead

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kcur/local-kcur-876972.mp3Shawnee Mission, Kansas – The deer bow hunt at Shawnee Mission Park…

From Zero To Hero: Seraphic Fire's Viral Monteverdi

In just a few days, the group's self-released record was a best-selling classical album on iTunes.By All Things Considered/NPR…

India's Literary Festival Opens Amid Controversy

Tens of thousands of people are attending the Jaipur Literature Festival in India — including many international literary stars and Oprah Winfrey. Author Salman Rushdie was invited but decided not to attend after a warning that hit men would be after him. Rushdie wrote The Satanic Verses which has been banned in India for more than 20 years.

Daoud Kuttab, executive producer of <em>Shara'a Simsim</em>, the Palestinian version of <em>Sesame Street</em>, holds a Muppet at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah earlier this month. The producers say they have been forced to put production for the 2012 season on hold because of a funding freeze by the U.S. Congress.

'F' Is For Funding ... Which Palestinian Muppets Lack

The Palestinian version of Sesame Streetdepends on U.S. aid. But that money was put on hold by Congress after the Palestinians went to the United Nations last fall and made a request for statehood.

Joseph Nixon, attorney for the Rick Perry campaign, speaks to the media outside federal court in Richmond, Va., last week. A federal judge refused Perry and other candidates' request to be added to the Virginia ballot.

GOP Candidates Appeal To An Adversary And Lose

Rick Perry, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich are all Republicans who've bashed federal judges for meddling with states' rights. But when none of them got on the Virginia primary ballot because of the state's strict ballot access laws, where did they turn? To a federal judge in Richmond.

A woman pays her respects at a statue of Joe Paterno outside Beaver Stadium on the Penn State University campus in State College, Pa., after learning of his death on Sunday.

Legendary Football Coach Joe Paterno Mourned

All day cars drove slowly past a bronze statue of Paterno, who coached Penn State's football team for 61 years until he was forced out last November. Many stopped and quietly walked up to the statue outside the football stadium to pay respects to "JoePa," who died Sunday.

A woman at home in Bangladesh with an improved cookstove

Cleaner, 'Greener' Cookstoves Need Better Marketing In Bangladesh

Despite decades of global efforts to get cleaner cookstoves to the poor in Bangladesh, very few have adopted them. A new study suggests talking more about the stoves' cheaper fuel costs and less about health hazards may help.

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