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Maysam Selmo, 8, during her first week at Albashayer School for Syrian Refugee Children in Antakya, Turkey. She and her extended family fled their village in northwestern Syria, and now live in a crowded apartment. Jodi Hilton for NPR hide caption

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Syria's War Leaves Its Scars On The Children

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John Steinbach shows a day laborer in the parking lot of Ricos Tacos Moya a photo he took of him for an ID. Lauren Rock/NPR hide caption

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Debating The Impact Of An Immigration Crackdown

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Starting next summer, aspiring commercial pilots will need 1,500 hours of flight training before they can be hired. This dramatic increase, among other factors, is making airlines worry that there will not be enough pilots to maintain current service. iStockphoto.com hide caption

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Airlines Fear Pilot Shortage Amid New Federal Safety Rules

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt looks decidedly less jolly than Bill Murray makes him out to be in Hyde Park on Hudson. AP hide caption

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'Hyde Park': An FDR Portrait That's More Fiction Than Fact

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The number of new drug shortages each year in the U.S., from 2001 through Dec. 21, 2012. University of Utah hide caption

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How A Drug Shortage Hiked Relapse Risks For Lymphoma Patients

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Brain scans using Amyvid dye to highlight beta-amyloid plaques in the brain. Clockwise from top left: a cognitively normal subject; an amyloid-positive patient with Alzheimer's disease; a patient with mild cognitive impairment who progressed to dementia during a study; and a patient with mild cognitive impairment. Slide courtesy of the journal Neurology hide caption

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Despite Uneven Results, Alzheimer's Research Suggests A Path For Treatment

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks during a news conference in Washington on Dec. 12. Some economists worry the Fed has set the stage for inflation as well as stock and housing bubbles by keeping interest rates low. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters /Landov hide caption

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The Fed Boosts The Economy, But What About The Risks?

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Dick Wolf is an Emmy Award-winning writer, producer and creator of the TV series Law & Order. MMXII James Chen Photographer, Santa Barbara/William Morrow hide caption

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'Law & Order' Meets Tom Clancy In Dick Wolf's First Novel

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Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo fields reporters' questions after meeting with residents of a Jakarta slum. Recent polls say Widodo is currently the most popular choice for Indonesia's president in 2014. Yosef Riadi for NPR hide caption

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Jakarta's New Governor Seen As A Rising Star

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The Killers perform on the season finale of NBC's The Voice last week. NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images hide caption

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The Killers Return, Guitar-Rock Holdouts In A Pop World

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