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Sunday

Darren Wilson, Officer in Ferguson Shooting, Resigns

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Underneath this truck bed's cover is a homemade rig of tubes and a welded-together 250-gallon tank. These thieves were making runs between Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Daniel Hajek/NPR hide caption

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Black-Market Diesel: Thieves Sell Fuel By The Truckload

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Shoppers Manuel Orellano, middle, with his daughter Marcela, left, and her son Manuel, 6, shop for children's clothing at JCPenney at Glendale Galleria shopping mall in Glendale, Calif, on Friday. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption

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Feelings On Ferguson Reflect Deep Racial Divide

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Black Friday Gun Sales Soar, Straining Background Checks

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Why Colleges Adjudicate Their Own Campus Crimes

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Kwame Ajamu grabs his brother Wiley Bridgeman's beard after his release in a gesture that dates from their boyhood. John Kuntz/The Plain Dealer/Landov hide caption

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After Wrongful Conviction, Three Lifetimes Spent With Hope In Check

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Leaburn Alexander works two jobs and does not have health insurance. It takes him three hours to commute home from the job he works as an overnight hotel janitor. Lisa Morehouse/KQED hide caption

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For Some Uninsured, Simply Signing Up Is A Challenge

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Saturday

Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, shown during his medical examination after he fatally shot Michael Brown, has resigned from the Ferguson Police Department, the AP reports. Wilson has been on administrative leave since the Aug. 9 shooting. AP hide caption

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'The Banh Mi Handbook': A Guide To A Viet-French Sandwich

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