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Read an annotation of the complaint that set off the formal impeachment inquiry in the House of Representatives, with references to congressional testimony, public statements and news reports.

Rebecca Mehra loves cheese, and joked to her boyfriend that she wanted a cheese company to sponsor her. He sent some tweets on her behalf, and now she's inundated with cheesy sponsorship requests.

Doorkins Magnificat was a stray cat who became a beloved mainstay at Southwark Cathedral in London. When she died, week the dean of the cathedral livestreamed a memorial service honoring the feline.

The threat posed to coastal areas by tsunami flooding gained new attention after the Indian Ocean catastrophe that killed 200,000. Now scientists say a huge tsunami hit the Pacific Northwest in 1700 -- and it may happen again.

Berthe Morisot was a contemporary of Impressionist masters such as Degas, Monet, Renoir and Manet. Now she is getting her due with a retrospective exhibit at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., and her paintings are the source of some modern literary fiction.

It's been three years since the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria was founded. With billions of dollars at its disposal, the fund has attracted criticism, especially from the United States, over how it uses the money. NPR's Jason Beaubien reports.

In neighborhoods throughout New Orleans, black men don Indian costumes they worked on all year -- suits they carefully stitch and bead by hand. Like much of the city, the "Big Chiefs" have mixed feelings about celebrating Mardi Gras just months after Hurricane Katrina took its devastating toll.

British Petroleum, operator of the Prudhoe Bay oilfield, says it will try to keep part of its production running while it replaces corroded pipes at the facility. An oil leak Sunday had forced BP to slash output at the field, America's largest.

Graphic novelist Harvey Pekar emerged from obscurity in the surprise film hit American Splendor. His new graphic novel, The Quitter, offers details of Pekar's upbringing in 1950s Cleveland.

The Morgan Stanley investment bank agrees to pay $54 million to end a sex bias lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The firm was accused of a pattern of discrimination that denied promotions and higher salaries to women. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel and NPR's Jim Zarroli.