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  • Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale landed on top of Amazon's best-seller lists this week, following other classics like 1984 and It Can't Happen Here. She has some thoughts on our next great dystopia.
  • Who gets into the G-20? We'll, it's not just the 20 biggest economies in the world, though being wealthy helps.
  • Admiral William Crowe, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has died. He was 82. No cause of death was released. He served as the nation's top-ranking military officer under President Reagan during the waning days of the Cold War.
  • A top leader of the Sunni Arab movement that has been aligned with U.S. forces in Iraq's Anbar province was killed Thursday in a roadside bombing. Sheikh Abdul Sattar Abu Risha was founder of the Anbar Salvation Council, which joined U.S. troops fighting al-Qaida in Iraq last year.
  • Executives from Detroit's Big Three car companies met with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday to ask for billions of dollars to help rescue the ailing industry. The request comes amid the worst auto sales in a quarter-century. It's unclear whether Ford, GM and Chrysler will get the answers they want.
  • On Capitol Hill, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson tried to sell his rescue plan for financial institutions. Joined by other top finance officials, he defended the $700 billion request to buy bad debt. They faced some skepticism from senators.
  • A team of NPR journalists traveled the length of the U.S.-Mexico border seeking stories of people and crossing. One discovery they couldn't quite swallow was a street snack called tostilocos.
  • Barty is retiring only two months after winning the Australian Open, saying she wants to pursue other dreams.
  • The Chrysler Building, a symbol of Art Deco glamor in the 1930s and once the tallest skyscraper in the world, is up for sale, again.
  • Ratcliffe previously served as the director of national intelligence during Trump's first term, where he oversaw all 18 of the nation's intelligence agencies.
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