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Unlike novelists and musicians, visual artists don't get royalties for their work. New legislation aims to fix this by taxing public sales, but auction houses Christie's and Sotheby's oppose the idea.

As western military forces withdraw from Afghanistan, Afghan security forces are coming under increasing pressure. About 9,000 have been killed in the last two years, mostly on the police side.

China and the U.S. account for more than a third of greenhouse gases — making it vital that any broad climate plans include the pair.

Satirist Conrad Koch of South Africa denies that his puppet Chester Missing engaged in hate speech. When asked why someone takes a puppet to court, Chester Missing tweeted "You need to be a dummy."

The Tampa Tribune reports that state election officials increasingly are not bothering to tally write-in votes. It's a tragedy for Mickey Mouse, who as a resident of Florida, was often named.

Also: Frigid temperatures sweep south; the Supreme Court takes up an Alabama re-districting case today; and a player from Sweden takes the $10 million prize in the World Series of Poker.

Millions of miles from Earth, the Philae robotic lander has settled on the comet's surface, the European Space Agency says.

The Internal Revenue Service has warned of tax season chaos if Congress fails to pass a series of breaks by the end of November.

The effort to put a flag on every veteran's grave was started by Paul Monti, after his son Jared was killed in Afghanistan in 2006.

We hear from young Germans, from a 17-year-old who urges solidarity, to a 27-year-old who thinks the wall should be rebuilt.