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Carefully crafted images of new leader Kim Jong Un walking beside his father's casket are aimed at telling the world that a stable succession is underway, experts say.

He was said to be 80 years old and succumbed to kidney failure on Christmas Eve, according to the Suncoast Primate Sanctuary in Palm Harbor, Fla., where he had been living since the early 1960s.

He is by far the most mentioned man on Gallup's annual list of the most admired men and women living today. Queen Elizabeth II, who has made the list 44 times, is the most-mentioned woman.

In Power Concedes Nothing, civil rights attorney Connie Rice describes brokering peace between the Los Angeles Police Department and minority populations.

Craftsman's CTX is fast, powerful and loaded with automobile-inspired features, including cup holders. The company hopes its new line of riding lawn mowers will appeal to consumers of luxury vehicles.

Fresh off his big wins in New Hampshire and Iowa, Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney took his campaign to South Carolina. That state votes a week from Saturday. The other Republicans are trying to throw up road blocks.

Over the next three years, RBS will cut 3,500 jobs. That's in addition to more than 30,000 layoffs that happened over the last two years. In the U.S., RBS runs Citizens Bank with branches in about a dozen states.

While GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney savored his second consecutive win in the Republican nominating process, those who finished behind him in New Hampshire also continued on to South Carolina. They are hoping that it is in the Palmetto state where they can get his campaign to to stumble before it becomes unstoppable.

Gov. Haley Barbour's orders ignited controversy because they included pardons for some convicted killers. Now a judge says they may have violated the state's constitution.

Watching the 1983 film A Christmas Story has become a holiday tradition for many families. Scott Schwartz played Flick — the kid who memorably got his tongue stuck to a frozen flagpole. Schwartz and film buff Murray Horwitz join NPR's Neal Conan to discuss the movie's enduring appeal.