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Star Serbian center Nikola Jokic took home MVP honors after a dominant run in the playoffs.

Trump has been indicted on federal charges for storing classified documents at his Florida home. He's accused of obstructing the government from getting them back.

Joel and Ethan Coen are celebrating a big win. Their crime saga No Country for Old Men was the big winner at Sunday's Academy Awards, taking home four Oscars, including Best Picture.

Saturday's Jefferson-Jackson dinner marks the beginning of the home stretch leading up to the Iowa caucuses on Jan. 3. With actual voting less than 60 days away, six of the major Democratic candidates were on hand, hoping to rally their supporters for the last eight weeks of the campaign.

Blogs can rocket ordinary people into sudden notoriety and fame as some book and talent agents trawl blogland to find the next big thing. Dawn Meehan, a stay-at-home mom, started blogging about the everyday rigors of family life and got thousands of readers and a book deal.

President Bush signs a housing bill that could help struggling homeowners stay in their homes and stabilize the nation's troubled housing market, while tightening regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. NPR's Brian Naylor discusses the bill and explains the key points that every homeowner should know.

In the 1960s, singer Howard Tate recorded several soul-music classics, including "Get It While You Can" and "Ain't Nobody Home." Tate vanished in the 1970s, sinking into a life as a crack addict. Now the singer once compared to Sam Cooke and Marvin Gaye is back with a new CD called Rediscovered. Joel Rose of member station WHYY reports.

NPR's John Burnett has a report on a remarkable immigrant community - the Mayans in Houston. Many of Houston's Mayans came to the US in the late 1970's as illegal immigrants from the same village in Guatemala. Now, many are legal, have good jobs and own homes and cars. But despite their successes, there are still tensions. Later arrivals have not been as successful as those who came earlier and the community is struggling with how to retain the Mayan culture amid the overwhelming American one.

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NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from Durban, South Africa, on preparations for the UN World Conference Against Racism. Delegates are deeply divided over the Israeli/Palestinian conflict -- but there has been widespread and unified criticism of the U.S. decision to keep its high-level diplomats at home to protest what it calls hostile treatment of Israel in preparatory meetings. (4:59) Check out NPR News coverage of the UN World Conference Against Racism.