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In the central State of Mexico, authorities are trying a new approach to fight corruption: replacing notoriously crooked male traffic cops with women. But the state hasn't authorized the female force to issue tickets yet, and some question whether women will avoid bribery any more than men.

As he campaigns through Southern states in advance of Super Tuesday, Donald Trump has downplayed the endorsement of former KKK leader David Duke.

Many local startups say their biggest hurdle is cash. It's such a common complaint, Atlanta's mayor is launching a venture capital fund to help tech companies get off the ground.

The incoming Congress will have the first black female Republican, a record number of women and minorities and the biggest GOP majority in the House since before World War II.

Do big-city chiefs like John Deasy, recently ousted from LA Unified, get enough time to make a difference?

NPR's Noel King talks to former Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge Castaneda about the resignation of Bolivia's president and the recent wave of protests in Latin America.

A blog called Born This Way pairs childhood photos with first-person essays on being gay.

In the last six months, singer-songwriter Ryan Adams hasn't released a new record. This may not seem remarkable, but last year Adams put out three CDs in the space of seven months. He has recently been in New York, preparing his next album.

The latest television ads for Nike athletic shoes focus on international soccer -- the world's most popular sport, but with relatively few fans in the United States. Slate columnist Seth Stevenson says the new commercials could win over even soccer skeptics here in America.

As the leaders of the world's industrialized nations meet in Gleneagles, Scotland, protesters gathered outside. Thousands demonstrated for more aid for Africa, against war, and against the G8 itself. A police plan allows protesters no closer than 500 meters from the site.

The opposition movement in Iran includes students, women, exiles, and others. Ray Takeyh of the Council on Foreign Relations describes the Iranian government's "quarantine" strategy for curtailing opposition in the country rather than a sledgehammer strategy.

Parenthood gives the husband-and-wife Americana duo the will to rock on an album that's informed by both birth and death.