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Soccer fans are strutting in Afghanistan today, after their national team defeated neighboring Pakistan in a friendly match sponsored by FIFA, soccer's governing body. Before Tuesday's match in Kabul, the two teams had not played each other in more than 30 years.

Voting continues Wednesday for you to decide the top political story of the year. After the first round of voting, there are 32 stories left with some big match ups ahead.

As accusations of sexism ricochet through the book industry, Nell Freudenberger continues to craft wonderful literary fiction, writes Maureen Corrigan. Freudenberger's latest novel, The Newlyweds, tells the story of an Internet-arranged, cross-continental marriage.

Sir David Fagan is a 16-time winner of the coveted Golden Shears. But he lost an exhibition match against New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English at the World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships.

The U.S. met Iran in a must-win match at the men's FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Azteca created an advertisement for the upcoming U.S. versus Mexico game, using clips of Trump's remarks on immigration.

The commonality in these cautionary tales is the speed with which the final selections were made, leaving little time for thorough vetting and testing.

Recent polls show President Bush and Sen. Kerry running in a dead heat as Election Day nears. After Wednesday's final presidential debate, the race will enter the final stretch. Hear NPR's Mara Liasson and Stan Greenberg, an adviser to the Kerry campaign; and Bill McInturf, a Republican who conducts the Wall Street Journal/NBC poll.

The elevator pitch is one way to quickly promote your business. In New Mexico, where elevations reach 13,000 feet, they have a different method: the ski lift pitch competition.

A group of scientists say in new research that matching dinosaur tracks found in modern-day Brazil and Cameroon were made 120 million years ago in an area that once connected the two continents.