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Reporting in the journal Nature, researchers say they have created a functional liver using induced pluripotent stem cells. The team of scientists first created "liver buds" and transplanted those into mice, where the buds grew into tissue resembling the adult liver. Anthony Atala of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, who was not affiliated with the work, describes what was done and whether whole, functioning, transplantable organs might be created in this way.

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Life or death in this country's only specialized clinic depends on how fast people can make the arduous trip to get there and the number of doses on hand.

La gobernadora Ayotte pide a legisladores de la Cámara apoyar un proyecto de ley que endurece las penalidades para los conductores que se niegan a la prueba de alcoholemia.

On Alaska's Prince of Wales Island, where a latte costs $6 and a fresh watermelon runs $15, canning is a survival skill. Locals aren't shy about preserving the fat of the land — from salmon to seals to bears and some vegetarian treats, too — in a jar.

Former Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Jordan of Texas died today after a long illness. Ms. Jordan was one of the most influential blacks on Capitol Hill and reached national stature as an outspoken member of the House Judiciary Committee that recommended the impeachment of President Richard Nixon in 1974. We hear an excerpt from a speech she gave at the 1992 Democratic Convention.

has moved to Capitol Hill. Both President Clinton and Republican front-runner Senator Bob Dole will use their negotiations with Congress as indications of their capability for leadership.

From West Virginia Public Radio, Jeff Young reports on the murder of a gay black man in the northeastern hill community of Grant Town. The death of 26 year old Arthur "JR" Warren Jr. is still under investigation, and two teenagers from a nearby town have been charged with murder.

Tornadoes kill at least 33 people in several states, including Alabama, Tennessee and Ohio. In Carbon Hill, Ala., two tornadoes kill seven people. Hear Melanie Peeples and NPR's Adam Hochberg.

editor of "Best of the South", a collection of short stories. The selections were chosen from the past ten installments of "New Stories from the South", an annual collection of southern short stories. Both anthologies are published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.