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Doris Payne, 86, was arrested near Atlanta this week. Police say she tried to leave a department store with a $2,000 diamond necklace. She began stealing in the 1950s.

For $995, she obtained a bag used to collect samples during the Apollo 11 mission on the moon. NASA says the sale was a mistaken loss of a "national treasure." A judge says all sales are final.

A crude oil pipeline in western North Dakota has leaked nearly 200,000 barrels of oil. The scene is about 150 miles west of where protesters have been fighting the Dakota Access pipeline.

Fresh Air's rock critic presents his playlist for 2016. It includes big pop stars, beloved cult stars and a couple of not-yet-stars.

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An NPR investigation has documented dramatic spikes in complicated black lung, the most serious stage of the deadly coal miners' disease.

The Hendrix song "Voodoo Child" was playing when Mark Dodero, a former grad student at San Diego State, discovered a plant species. The plant is officially called: "Dudleya hendrixii."

Steve Inskeep talks to Zeke Emanuel, one of the architects of Obamacare, about the future of the Affordable Care Act under Donald Trump's administration. Emanuel met this week with Trump.

The nefarious Empire is building a giant weapon in the latest installment of the Star Wars saga. Critic David Edelstein says though Rogue One is part of a series, it also works as a stand-alone film.