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The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush last year was given a three-year prison sentence Thursday by a Baghdad court. Lawyers for Muntadar al-Zaidi say they will appeal the sentence.

President Bush gave his farewell address to the nation Thursday night. Although he leaves office with very low approval ratings and a dismal economy, the president claimed some successes. Bush said, "You may not agree with some of the tough decisions I have made, but I hope you can agree that I was willing to make the tough decisions."

Phoenix is clearing the encampment known as The Zone to comply with a court order. Another ruling orders the city to provide somewhere for unsheltered people to go. The question is where will they go?

NPR's Eric Deggans talks to journalist Joe Wallen about the Friday train crash that left hundreds of people dead on Friday in India.

What do you do when, after 30 years, your husband tells you he is leaving you for someone else? If you're poet Sharon Olds, you grab your spiral-bound notebook and write about it.

In Sri Lanka, one journalist's determination to tell the truth cost him his life. Lasantha Wickrematunge knew he was going to be murdered. He said so, in an article shortly before he died. He also predicted who would do it.

Impostors can be scheming, even villainous, but their stories tempt us with an attractive possibility — the chance to wear a mask. Writer David Anthony suggests three tales about nefarious characters that let us indulge in our fascination with the art of manipulating outward appearances.

On Friday, CNN published footage that appears to show the hip-hop mogul, also known as P. Diddy, physically assaulting his then-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, in a Los Angeles hotel in 2016.

Morning Edition remembers Martin Greenfield, who learned to sew while imprisoned in Auschwitz, and went on to make suits for celebrities, presidents and star athletes. He has died at the age of 95.

The moon is getting a little friend. For about two months a so-called mini-moon will orbit Earth.