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When the world's top-scoring international soccer player takes to the field Wednesday, it will be for the last time. To mark her retirement, here are some highlights from her career.

Equipment can be temperamental. Without elements lined up just right, the line of dominoes that starts from the microphone and ends at your radio falls…

A routine City Council meeting ended with the mayor and a councilman going to the hospital after fisticuffs. It's the latest escalation of a contentious relationship between the mayor and the council.

A British fruit historian convincingly argues in a new book that the pear is "the most exciting of the tree fruits." And she says it's time to revive pear culture and explore the fruit's diversity.

After years, Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" has been displaced from the top of retail stores' holiday music playlists. NPR investigates the news behind this startling development.

Who's the new owner of the Las Vegas Review-Journal? Many journalists — especially the paper's own employees — have been trying to figure out the answer.

It's been warmer than usual around the country and hardly feels like gift-giving season. Some economists say December sales will be fine after Christmas when consumers shop for sales with gift cards.

A new app called Be My Eyes pairs blind people with sighted volunteers who help them with daily tasks that require vision, at home and outside. It's part of a new "micro-volunteering" trend online.

The new movie Legend stars Tom Hardy as both Ron and Reggie Kray, the legendary gangster twins who controlled East London in the 1960s.

More Oregon employees will be able to take sick leave in the coming year. It's because of a new law taking effect in January.