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Saying it's an "expression of appreciation" for customers' patience during last week's outages, Research in Motion is giving subscribers about $100 worth of "premium apps" and one month of free technical support.

After 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh slapped Lions coach Jim Schwartz on the back following Sunday's game, things got kind of wild on the field. Watch the brouhaha.

A scientist has used new genetic-sequencing technologies to identify the strain of anthrax in the 2001 attacks, the cause of anthrax contamination in European heroin, and the source of a cholera outbreak in Haiti.

Laura Pollan, a founder of Cuba's Ladies in White, the island's most prominent dissident group, died Friday at age 63 after a brief illness. Her death comes at a difficult time for the group, as it struggles to broaden its message beyond freedom for jailed dissidents.

In Cambodia, a German judge investigating Khmer Rouge atrocities has resigned from a joint U.N.-Cambodian tribunal, citing political interference by Cambodia's current leaders. The resignation has triggered skepticism about the prospects for justice at the tribunal.

When office costs are factored in, doctors lose money about half the time on common immunizations, a new analysis finds. Vaccine storage and personnel costs are often overlooked.

An NPR analysis of contributions week by week found that itemized contributions to Texas Gov. Rick Perry dropped 60 percent during the week following his first appearance in a GOP presidential debate, on Sept. 7. That same week, Romney's itemized contributions went up 50 percent. Compare the candidates' weekly fundraising totals in an interactive graphic.

Expanded guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend that parents remove blankets, bumpers, pillows, and toys from a baby's crib to protect them against suffocation and other threats.

Barnes, a three-time finalist, was a favorite for the prize, winning for his novel about a man in his 60s who receives an unexpected bequest that puts him on a path to revisit his youth.

Analysis by the Tax Policy Center found that under Herman Cain's tax overhaul plan, millionaires would receive a 15 percent tax break, while those making less than $10,000 a year would see the highest percent increase.