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Google Maps And Bing Maps Camera Cars Cross Paths

The two cards met on a Minnesota road in 2014. One Internet user caught the head-to-head, and saw both search engine cars take pictures of each other for their map applications.

Wilmot Collins, the next mayor of Helena, Mont., came to the U.S. as a refugee during Liberia's civil war. Refugees are "not bloodsuckers," he says. "We are not just here to consume the resources. We provide for the economy."

How A Liberian Refugee Got To Be A Montana Mayor

Wilmot Collins will be sworn in on Jan. 2. His victory in the mayoral election in Helena has made headlines the world over.

Where are we? In the sinuses, with some dancing green mucus.

For Children, A Good Booger Joke Helps The Medicine Go Down

Dr. Howard Bennett knows that humor can help his young patients be less worried when they're at the doctor's office. In his latest book, he uses gross-out jokes to explain how kids' bodies work.

Senate Finance Committee chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) gestures before a committee meeting on Nov. 15 in Washington, D.C.

'Salt Lake Tribune' Calls For Sen. Orrin Hatch To Step Down In Blistering Editorial

The paper named Hatch "Utahn of the Year," a title based on impact either good or bad, while denouncing his "utter lack of integrity." Hatch said he was "grateful for this great Christmas honor."

Favorite Visual Stories Of 2017

NPR's favorite visual stories of the year include political news events, a solar eclipse, and hurricanes along with stories about education, music and comics.

Scrambling To Prepay 2018 Property Taxes? Maybe You Shouldn't

The tax overhaul limits the amount of state and local taxes deductible on federal returns. The IRS says taxes can be prepaid and deducted if they are levied in 2017 and paid by Dec. 31.

Northwest cities have seen big gains in home prices over the last 12 months.

Housing Markets In Northwest Cities Still Topping The Charts

Home prices continued to climb in Seattle and Portland at some of the fastest rates in the country this year. The latest data show Seattle is still the...

The Library of Congress said on Tuesday that it will no longer archive every public tweet. Instead it will collect them "on a very selective basis."

Library Of Congress Will No Longer Archive Every Tweet

The library says that as of Jan. 1, it will only acquire tweets "on a very selective basis." By 2013, the archive had already amassed more than 170 billion tweets.

This particular Mosul orphanage holds 18 children under the age of 6, some of them the abandoned children of Yazidi women kidnapped by Islamic State fighters.

Kidnapped, Abandoned Children Turn Up At Mosul Orphanage As ISIS Battle Ends

An orphanage in the Iraqi city of Mosul is caring for confused and unidentified children left in the wake of ISIS.

Tuba and Cevheri Guven, both journalists, fled to Thessaloniki after being targeted by their own government. Turkey has imprisoned 262 journalists, making it the world's largest jailer of journalists. "If you write something on Twitter, you can go directly to prison," Tuba says.

Turks Fleeing To Greece Find Mostly Warm Welcome, Despite History

More than a year after a failed military coup against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, hundreds of Turks are seeking refuge in Greece — despite long rivalries between the two nations.

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