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The owner of Windows on the World, which drew diners to the top of the World Trade Center, is set to open a new restaurant in Times Square. Many former Windows employees will work at Noche, but others are bitter that they weren't hired, NPR's Madeleine Brand reports.

The governor's race has top billing, as Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin, who has the endorsement of former President Donald Trump, is challenging sitting Republican Gov. Brad Little.

The Senate votes of 53-45 to approve former Alabama Attorney General William Pryor's nomination to a lifetime seat on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Republicans hailed Pryor as a top-notch public servant, even as many Democrats described him as a right-wing extremist.

Pakistani troops continue to battle with al Qaeda and tribal leaders along the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Pakistani officials say they believe a top deputy of Osama bin Laden, Egyptian-born Ayman al-Zawahiri, is trapped there. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel and New York Times reporter David Rohde.

Given the proliferation of year-end Top 10 lists, it seems natural that Shadow Classics — which gives shelter to under-appreciated music — would feature its own list of 2006 recordings likely to become Shadow Classics down the line. Don't let these gems go unnoticed.

Historian Douglas Brinkley considers Ronald Reagan one of the top five American presidents of the 20th century. Brinkley is the editor of The Reagan Diaries.

Missouri's top race is an open contest for U.S. Senate following the retirement of Republican Roy Blunt.

Before Monday's Virginia Tech deaths, the deadliest campus shooting in the United States was at the University of Texas on Aug. 1, 1966. Firing from the top of a tower on campus, Charles Whitman killed 16 people and injured 31. An eyewitness looks back.

French director Jacques Audiard won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival for his story of a Tamil Tiger who gives up the fight to try and find a better life in France.

This crusty bread likely originated with French immigrants of centuries past, but it's become deeply entwined with Chilean identity, diet ... even language. Yet most people don't make it at home.