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West Virginia will soon hold its annual Liars Contest. Last year, college professor Adam Booth won. He's been a contender five times according to West Virginia Public Broadcasting.

The Communist Party chooses 59-year-old Hu Jintao as its new general secretary, in effect taking the helm of the world's most populous nation. Hu is not expected to stray far from the path of outgoing President Jiang Zemin, who has pushed economic but not political reform. Hear more from NPR's Rob Gifford.

After a record-setting Christmas, Hollywood wraps up the year with more than $9 billion in the till -- the second biggest box office total in its history. Film critic NPR's Bob Mondello says a large part of that money was well-earned: some of 2003's most popular movies were also among the year's best. He offers a list of his top movie picks for the year.

Attorney Darius Shahinfar won the Democratic primary for city treasurer of Albany, New York Tuesday, cruising to what appeared to be a 26-point victory…

The contest to succeed longtime New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was supposed to give lawmakers two weeks to mull their options. Instead, a…

A black cat did nothing to jinx the Dallas Cowboys at the Meadowlands Monday night. Dak Prescott threw two of his three touchdown passes in a 21-point…

The Rangers topped the Penguins, 5-2, the Panthers defeated the Capitals, 5-1, and the Stars bested the Flames, 2-0.

In a huge comeback, Nathan Chen spun around four times in the air during six jumps on the second and final day of the men's singles figure skating competition.

Meteorologist Garett Argianas delivers the evening weather forecast for Monday, June 6, 2022.

Meteorologist Garett Argianas delivers the evening weather forecast for Thursday, June 6, 2024.