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With nearly all the votes counted in Mexico's presidential vote, conservative candidate Felipe Calderon has a thin, but insurmountable lead. Calderon has declared victory. His rival, leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, is contesting the results and has called a protest rally for Saturday.

Hugh Thompson Jr., a former U.S. Army helicopter pilot honored for rescuing Vietnamese civilians from his fellow GIs during the My Lai massacre, has died at age 62.

The pilot was passing through airport security when a Transportation Security Administration officer noticed he was acting drunk. He was given a breathalyzer test.

Starting next Wednesday, the city of Columbia will open the Wabash Bus Station as a daytime warming center.

The United States sanctioned Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki.

The Cold War was raging during the late summer of 1972 when reigning world chess champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union met American challenger Bobby Fischer in Iceland. A new book by two BBC journalists details the match and its high-stakes geopolitical context.

The contract with Utah-based waste management firm EnviroServe has a term of one year and is renewable.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz play a word game with WLRN listener Rob Olmstead of Clearwater, Fla.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and puzzle master Will Shortz play the puzzle this week with Matt Pallai of Denver, Colo.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz play a puzzle with WVPM listener Joe Sallmen of Fairmont, W.Va.