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The Lone Star State is home to more than a million horses. Some Texans have begun adding to their herds in rather unusual ways: by cloning their champion horses.

Attorney General-nominee Eric Holder has labeled as torture the practice of waterboarding terrorism suspects. Speaking at his confirmation hearing, Holder also said he had learned from the experience surrounding the controversial Clinton-era pardon of financier Marc Rich.

Grace Go, a 17-year-old rising senior at Mercer Island High School outside Seattle, is the winner of the first-ever Best Mental Health Podcast Prize from NPR's Student Podcast Challenge.

Timothy Geithner and Ben Bernanke had a date this morning with the House Financial Services Committee. They were both no-shows at the panel's hearing last week on AIG's bailout and executive bonuses, so today they weighed in. Since that first hearing, the House has passed a 90 percent tax on bonuses and Geithner has rolled out a plan to soak up bad bank assets.

The Family Leader Summit in Des Moines is a gathering of evangelical Christians in a state where they have immense political power. Republican presidential candidates should be there.

Turkey's military sends troops and fighter jets into northern Iraq overnight. In Baghdad, Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announces he will order his powerful militia to continue its cease-fire for another six months.

Wyoming, which holds its Democratic presidential caucus Saturday, hasn't voted for a Democrat in the general election in four decades. While that may not change this year, the fact remains: In the ongoing fight between Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for the nomination, Wyoming matters. Chad Baldwin, the state editor for the Casper Star-Tribune, talks with Melissa Block.

Writers can be inspired by their surroundings — but Indonesian volcanoes? Researchers say Mary Shelley's Frankenstein may have been inspired by an icy, dark summer caused by Mount Tambora's eruption.

Turkey agreed to allow Sweden to join NATO. Protests resume in Israel over a planned judicial overhaul. It's a weird year for the Emmys. Here are the NPR culture desk's predictions.

Sen. John McCain claims victory in the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary. McCain's victory is a stunning comeback for a candidate who was all but written off last summer. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney came in second.