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Sometimes 'The Lord Seemed To Sleep,' Pope Says In Farewell

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Pope Benedict XVI as he arrived on the altar in St. Peter's Square Wednesday for his last general audience.

By Mark Memmott

Originally published on Wed February 27, 2013 11:37 am

Bidding an emotional farewell to a huge crowd gathered in The Vatican's St. Peter's Square, Pope Benedict XVI indirectly acknowledged Wednesday that his nearly 8 years as head of the Roman Catholic Church have not always been easy.

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Wed February 27, 2013

Syrian Rebels, Secular And Islamist, Both Claim The Future

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Secular demonstrators, shown at a protest march this month in Aleppo, wave the old Syrian flag (green, white, black and red) that has become the symbol of their opposition movement.

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Supporters of the opposition Islamist group Al-Nusra wave their black-and-white flags during an anti-government demonstration earlier this month in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.

By Deborah Amos

Originally published on Wed February 27, 2013 8:17 pm

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Syria's Islamists have grown in influence as the war against President Bashar Assad's government grinds on. They have proved to be effective fighters, well armed and funded.

But as Islamists have grown stronger on the battlefield, more Syrians are asking about their political ideas and what that will mean for the future of the country.

A recent confrontation between liberal protesters and Islamists in the northwestern Syrian city of Saraqeb, which was caught on video, set off a heated online debate.

3:41 am

Wed February 27, 2013

Americans Earn More Than Their Parents (With A Caveat), Study Says

By Dan Bobkoff

Originally published on Wed February 27, 2013 7:54 am

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Most Americans are earning more money than their parents, according to a new study from Pew's Economic Mobility Project. But those gains don't tell the whole picture.

Let's start with the good news. The Pew Charitable Trust study looked at actual pairs of children and parents. Around age 40, 83 percent of the children were earning at least a thousand bucks more than their parents were when they were 40.

3:35 am

Wed February 27, 2013

Younger Women Have Rising Rate Of Advanced Breast Cancer, Study Says

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By Richard Knox

Originally published on Wed February 27, 2013 8:19 am

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Researchers say more young American women are being diagnosed with advanced breast cancer.

It's a newly recognized trend. The numbers are small, but it's been going on for a generation. And the trend has accelerated in recent years.

3:04 am

Wed February 27, 2013

In Many Families, Exercise Is By Appointment Only

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Yvonne Condes helps her son Alec get ready for baseball practice.

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Henry Condes, 7, practices shooting a basketball. His mother, Yvonne, spends most afternoons ferrying her two boys from one sporting activity to another.

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Emily Finch (left), a mother of six, and Martina Fahrner, co-owner of Clever Cycles in Portland, Ore., ride Bakfiets Cargobikes. Finch traded in her Chevy Suburban for her bicycle, which she uses for her daily errands.

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Originally published on Thu February 28, 2013 1:18 pm

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Most families know that their kids need to exercise. In a poll that NPR recently conducted with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health, practically all of the parents surveyed said it's important for their kids to exercise. But about one-third of them said that can be difficult.

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