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Musk wanted to show off the vehicle's strength. A sledgehammer didn't dent the door. But when a big metal ball was used, the armored window cracked. A second attempt produced the same result.

Excerpts from the nationally broadcast speeches last night by Al Gore and George W. Bush. Vice President Gore said he strongly disagrees with Tuesday's Supreme Court decision but "accepts the finality of the outcome." He conceded his defeat "for the sake of our unity as a people and the strength of our democracy." President-elect Bush spoke of "a desire to move beyond the bitterness and partisanship of the recent past." He added, "Our nation must rise above a house divided. Americans share hopes and goals and values far more important than any political disagreements."

Gen. Tommy Franks tells a House committee that U.S. troop strength in Iraq will remain at current levels until at least the end of the year. Franks, who directed U.S. forces during the war, acknowledges the possibility that U.S. troops could still be in Iraq four years from now. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports.

Every successful big band leader featured brilliant soloists, but Duke Ellington spotlighted his men apart from the rest. Ellington specifically targeted his musicians' strengths and accentuated those attributes.

Barbaro, the horse scrutinized by many for the strength and speed required to win the Triple Crown, is now under the watchful eyes of doctors and his owners, Gretchen and Roy Jackson. The thoroughbred colt underwent emergency surgery after shattering parts of his right rear leg in Saturday's Preakness Stakes.

The killing of a top Iranian scientist last week will likely complicate efforts to restart the Iran nuclear deal. Will Iran really throw out nuclear weapons inspectors?

"We have not been exposed to this kind of emergency in 102 years," Gov. Wanda Vázquez says. The 6.4 magnitude quake left at least one person dead and knocked out most of the island's power.

The devastating fires on Maui burned more than 2,000 homes and buildings in Lahaina. Many churches have taken in their congregants because they have nowhere to go.

V.E. Schwab's follow-up to A Darker Shade of Magic picks up with heroes Kell and Delilah adventuring (and sometimes agonizing) in a magical alternate London while danger lurks in the titular shadows.

Hundreds of thousands of people in Southwest Florida still don't have electricity or water. But Babcock Ranch, north of Fort Myers, was designed and built to withstand the most powerful storms.