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The 62nd annual Golden Globe Awards were held in Beverly Hills last night. Acting winners included Leonardo DiCaprio, Hilary Swank, Jamie Foxx and Annette Bening. Sideways and The Aviator won the top film awards. Clint Eastwood was named best director for Million Dollar Baby.

Two new reports extend blame for abuses at Abu Ghraib to the Pentagon's top leaders. But neither calls for the punishment of anyone more senior than brigade commanders at the prison -- infuriating critics who say Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld should resign.

For most universities, a top ranking from The Princeton Review is good news -- unless that score is for partying. From hitting the bars to hitting the books, we look at how some schools are trying to shed the image of the party school.

A new study ranks 64 of America's largest cities by their commitment to literacy. Minneapolis, Seattle and Denver top the list, which was compiled based on the availability and number of booksellers, quality of libraries, educational level of the population, number of periodicals published and newspaper circulation. Hear the study's author, John Miller.

Joanna Lydgate, co-founder and CEO of the States United Democracy Center, says there are now nine states with 2020 election deniers running for the top three statewide positions.

Now on her fourth decade at the top of the country music scene, Dolly Parton recently joined Morning Edition host Bob Edwards in the NPR studios to talk about her childhood, her long, lucrative career and her latest CD, Halos & Horns. Listen to Parton's convincing take on one of rock 'n' roll's sacred cows, Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven."

At 86, Ruth Whitfield was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was killed at the Tops supermarket in Buffalo on Saturday.

Last week, a team trying to reach the top of Mount Everest passed a dying Englishman who collapsed on his way down. But is there a code of ethics when it comes to assisting fellow climbers?

Gas prices are soaring across the country, but particularly in California. Fuel in the San Francisco Bay Area has topped $3, though the hike has not caused an attendant spike in public transportation ridership.

NPR's Noah Adams speaks with Tandelaya Wilder, host of the public radio show She Got Game, about last night's U.S. Open tennis match between Jennifer Capriati and Serena Williams. Capriati beat the top-ranked Williams sister in a match marred by controversial calls by line judges.