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Sen. Marco Rubio speaks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition's "Road to Majority" conference in 2013. Charles Dharapak/AP hide caption
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Sen. Marco Rubio speaks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition's "Road to Majority" conference in 2013. Charles Dharapak/AP hide caption
Laurie McCannon, director of the Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem, Mass., with a dog named Trina. Three-quarters of the dogs adopted from the shelter in 2013 were from out of state. Shannon Mullen for NPR hide caption
With Rescue Dogs In Demand, More Shelters Look Far Afield For Fido
The War On Drugs, seen here performing live on KEXP, supplied several of public radio's most popular songs this year. Dave Lichterman/KEXP hide caption
Chapel of the Interlude includes a tiny sanctuary (left) and a fellowship hall (right) for gatherings. Both were severely damaged by 2013 floods in Colorado. Grace Hood/KUNC hide caption
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Grilled lemon pound cake topped with slow-roasted nectarines, basil gelato and olive oil drizzle. Yum. Jason Fulford and Tamara Shopsin/Courtesy of W.W. Norton & Co. Inc. hide caption
Last fall's state-ordered quarantine of nurse Kaci Hickox (shown here with her boyfriend, Theodore Michael Wilbur, in late October) started at the airport in Newark, N.J., then followed her home to Fort Kent, Maine. Hickox treated Ebola patients in Africa but never had the illness. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption