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Masaaki Shirakawa, the governor of the Bank of Japan, speaks before the press in Tokyo on Friday. The central bank announced new measures to stimulate the economy Tuesday.

Japan's Economic Plan May Be Bad News For Everyone Else

New measures designed to flood the country's economy with money are raising concerns of a "currency war." As Japan devalues the yen, will other nations have to follow suit?

"Ms. October" is one of several moms who posed for a calendar to raise funds for school bus service in their Spanish town. The page reads, "No to the budget cuts!"

Spanish Moms Raise School Funds With Pinup Calendar

When the village of Montserrat cut its school bus service to save money, some local moms hatched a plan to create an erotic calendar. The scantily clad women have earned enough in sales to rehire the school bus for the next three months.

Mohammad Afzaal, a 35-year-old house painter from northeastern Pakistan, has signed up for a voluntary repatriation program run by the International Organization of Migration and financed by the European Commission.

EU Money Sends Migrants Stuck In Greece Home

For years, most undocumented immigrants have been entering the European Union through Greece. They intend to settle in richer countries, but strict border controls and a broken asylum system means they end up not leaving Greece. Many are now turning to an EU-funded repatriation program that will pay their way home.

Artur Baptista da Silva, on Portuguese TV

The Fake Economist Who Conned A Nation

His secret: He told people what they wanted to hear.

Chris (Vinny Curran) resists his friend Mike's (Peter Cilella) attempts to save him from drug addiction in the indie horror film <em>Resolution</em>. As unsettling intrusions into their rundown rural abode mount, however, they both might need a different kind of rescue.

'Resolution': Another Cabin, A Very Different Show

A one-on-one drug intervention becomes a chilling horror story as ominous artifacts and disturbing characters crowd two old friends in Resolution, an artful deconstruction of the modern scary movie.(Recommended)

Tina Fey won an Emmy Award for outstanding lead actress in a comedy series for her role as Liz Lemon on <em>30 Rock</em>.

Tina Fey: Sarah Palin And 'Saturday Night' Satire

Fey's impersonation of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin helped draw record audiences to Saturday Night Live in the fall of 2008. The former head writer for SNL opens up about politics, satire and her Emmy Award-winning sitcom, 30 Rock,which will have its series finale on January 31.

A new study claims that listening to classical music makes for unsafe driving.

Back Off The Bach To Drive Safely

A new study from London Metropolitan University in the U.K. posits that classical music makes for unsafe driving — that it's safer to listen to hip-hop or heavy metal than Handel, Haydn or Holst.

Semi-automatic assault-style rifles on display at a gun show in Chantilly, Va., in 2009.

Democrats Unveil Bill To Ban Assault-Style Weapons

The legislation would effectively reinstate a ban that was in effect from 1994 into 2004. But the bill faces long odds on Capitol Hill.

Dustin Hoffman Hearts NPR

Dustin Hoffman joined Fresh AirHost Terry Gross to talk aging, guns, his long movie career and his directorial debut with the new movie Quartet. While the rest of LA was just waking up, Dustin Hoffman took a moment after his 7:15 a.m. interview to show off his love for NPR.

North Korea Threatens Nuclear Test Targeting U.S.

The threat follows the U.N. Security Council's condemnation Tuesday of North Korea's rocket launch in December. A U.S. official in Seoul said any such step by Pyongyang would be a "mistake."

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