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Singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones has released an anthology of her favorite recordings, a three-CD set called Duchess of Coolsville. David Was shares his thoughts on Jones' no-compromises approach.

Walter Reed Army Medical Center is joining other military facilities in going under the knife. The Base Realignment and Closure Commission has voted 8-0 to close the hospital. Presidents and military personnel have been treated at the center since its opening in 1909.

The Chumash band of Santa Ynez Mission Indians want to use profits from its casino to expand its land holdings and business ventures. But tribal officials are battling some of the rich and famous residents of the bucolic Santa Ynez Valley, near Santa Barbara.

Washington's newest political star weighs less than five pounds and still sleeps with his mom. The giant panda cub at the National Zoo is too small for visitors, but he can be seen on 'Panda Cam.'

A Salt Lake City television station is refusing to air an ad featuring anti-Iraq war activist Cindy Sheehan. The station says the ad is inappropriate, but critics say the station can't take the political heat.

Ripley's Believe It or Not Museums are headquartered in Orlando, Fla. Once a month, a curator sorts through curious artifacts to decide what is going to end up in their 26 museums.

Google's expansion into instant messaging and a web-based calling opens another field of competition with Microsoft and Yahoo. Robert Siegel talks with Scott Cleland, CEO of Precursor, an independent investment research firm tracking technology and telecom sectors.

Fomenting and glorifying terrorism are among the "unacceptable behaviors" that could lead to deportation according to new rules unveiled by Britain's Home Office. Robert Siegel talks with John Prideaux of The Economist magazine.

Israel has completed most of its planned withdrawal of Jewish settlements from Gaza. Four settlements await final evacuation after a break for the Sabbath. Meanwhile, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas sets elections for late January.

Some 26,000 people who fled from the Darfur region of Sudan are living in the Breidjing refugee camp in Eastern Chad. They are among 200,000 Sudanese who have fled across the border. Aid agencies predict that the camps will be needed until at least the end of next year.