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With the world's highest number of AIDS cases, South Africa is an example of the disease's devastating hold in some parts of the world. AIDS is not only the leading killer of adults in South Africa, but also of younger children.

Nearly four years after the No Child Left Behind Act took effect, the nation's urban school districts are making only slight progress in raising test scores, and no progress in reducing the achievement gap between white and minority students.

Movie music buff Andy Trudeau continues his series on Oscar-nominated film scores. In this edition: Munich, composed by John Williams, and Brokeback Mountain, composed by Gustavo Santaolalla.

New documents shed more light on Judge Samuel Alito's views on the landmark 1972 Supreme Court decision that established a woman's constitutional right to obtain an abortion.

Ford Motor Company CEO Bill Ford says the automaker will cut up to 30,000 North American jobs by 2012. The moves are part of a restructuring plan that will see a number of manufacturing plants close, as well.

A Mars factory in Pennsylvania turns out millions of pieces of Dove dark chocolate using a secret method that preserves a compound found in raw cocoa beans. If Mars can harness that compound, chocolate may turn from a comfort food to a health food.

Rob Dickinson, former frontman of The Catherine Wheel, has just released a solo album, Fresh Wine For The Horses. It's the first music Dickinson has put out in five years.

French lawmakers are calling for legal action against several rap musicians for allegedly inciting violence and racism in last month's suburban riots. Rap artists say the music reflects economic and social reality, and shouldn't be blamed for the unrest.

Dick Boyd of the Omaha Community Playhouse in Nebraska is retiring, after playing Ebenezer Scrooge in the holiday chestnut A Christmas Carol for 30 years. Madeleine Brand speaks with Boyd about his career playing the legendary Christmas curmudgeon, and about his decision to retire next week.

Acclaimed Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk is scheduled to go on trial in Istanbul on charges of insulting his country for his comments on the deaths of Armenians and Kurds in an interview with a Swiss newspaper.