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The Toronto improvisational band is known for collaborations with Ghostface Killah and Tyler, the Creator. Watch a video of "Speaking Gently."

Google's YouTube may soon offer users a subscription that allows them to watch videos free of advertisements.

NPR's Margot Adler goes to the International Toy Fair in New York and finds that toys are more both more futuristic and more realistic than ever. At the fair you can see "real" blood and gore on the SPAWN action figures and watch people strap on laser guns that have five different sounds, including one for when you're "dead". But are these violent toys adding to violence in society?

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from Coventry, England, where president Clinton wrapped up his final trip as president to Europe today. The president congratulated President-elect George Bush and pledged his support for a smooth transition of power. Mr. Clinton stayed up late into the night to watch his vice president, Al Gore, concede and President-elect Bush accept the concession.

A Human Rights Watch report finds that Afghan women and girls continue to suffer abuses, harassment and restrictions even though the oppressive Taliban regime is gone. Hear from NPR's Susan Stamberg and study co-author Zama Coursen-Neff.

Noah talks with Marjorie McQueen, a councilwoman from Lockerbie, Scotland. She and two children were at home watching television in December of 1988 when Pan Am Flight 103 crashed 300 yards from their home. Her children lost friends. The experience was a painful one. Noah talks with Mrs. McQueen about how the town is reacting now that the long awaited verdicts are in.

Thanksgiving is traditionally a time to feast with friends and family, watch some football and to rest up, because the frantic holiday shopping season begins early the following day. But not to worry, NPR's Alex Chadwick has one suggestion on how to unwind. A storied spirit that's making a comeback in the new world-Plymouth Gin.

In many U.S. cities, there are communities of Ukrainian Americans who are now watching the crisis in Eastern Europe unfold.

Several commercials have been excluded from airing during the Super Bowl this year after they were deemed inappropriate. Commentator James Poniewozik says that this means that people are going to have to watch the game for entertainment.

A group of very patient astronomers reports new evidence that an immense black hole lives at the center of Earth's galaxy. The team has been watching a handful of stars at the center of the Milky Way for a decade -- waiting for a telltale sign that they're in orbit around a black hole. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports.

A recent report from Human Rights Watch says "virtually all" of the armed groups operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo's east, including the Congolese Army, have sexually abused civilians. The systematic rape of females is among war crimes allegations being investigated by the International Criminal Court in the Hague.

Legal scholars are watching to see if states also try to make it illegal for people to seek abortion care in other states, where abortion remains legal.