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Hamid Karzai is favored to win next month's Afghan presidential elections, but he could use the support of Afghan refugees. Millions of refugees in neighboring Pakistan and Iran hope to vote in the election. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.

Riot police fire water cannons and tear gas into crowds gathering for a banned rally in Nairobi, Kenya, on Thursday. Brother Paul Brennan offers an update from Eldoret, where thousands fled.

Continued attacks by Taliban militants and a generalized lack of security forced interim President Hamid Karzai to postpone plans for presidential and parliamentary elections. The vote, originally scheduled for June, has now been set for September. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.

Officials at Little Buffalo State Park in Pennsylvania decided that dozens of tiny gnome homes tucked in trees around the park were a nuisance. The gnome homes were too popular, so they were evicted.

More charges have been filed against a former Tulsa County juvenile detention officer over alleged abuse at the facility. The Tulsa Police Department may not get a new headquarters this year after all. Oklahoma lawmakers continue to debate using state money to fund private education. Several Tulsa-area students are winners of a National Merit Scholarship. The Oklahoma AARP is advocating against proposed utility rate hikes. A police officer in Broken Arrow is on leave from his department after a contentious arrest.

The founders of Google, Facebook and Twitter are all male. Only 4 percent of one high-profile tech incubator's grants went to groups with a female founder. But the leader of a new startup accelerator for women says, "That next visionary is ... going to be wearing a skirt and a great pair of shoes."

The U.S. Africa Command, designed to strengthen defense relationships in Africa, is still trying to define its mission. African states have been wary, while the State Department and aid groups also express concerns. But growing conflicts in the region may soon put AFRICOM to the test.

The Sundance Film Festival kicks off in Park City, Utah. In the past few years, Sundance has become associated with Hollywood sightings, glamorous parties and celebrity skiing. This year, festival organizers are trying to take the event back to its independent roots by featuring more films from unknown directors. David D'Arcy reports.

Women in the military have created a kind of underground railroad to help one another navigate recent court decisions limiting abortion access.

As the number of successful medical parole applications stagnates, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted unanimously earlier this month to request a legal opinion on who has the authority to refer a prisoner to the medical parole docket.