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Lionel Messi led Argentina to a quarterfinal victory over the Netherlands in a penalty kick shootout. Messi had a goal, an assist and scored in the shootout. Argentina will take on Croatia next.

Bob Mondello looks at a new documentary about the economic meltdown and examines where it falls in a spectrum of current fact-based films.

Raskin gave himself until July to announce his plans. He was weighing a reelection campaign against a run for the U.S. Senate. He went into remission for cancer in April.

Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown's book, Basic Brown , reads like a primer for aspiring politicians. He shares advice for political success and explains why he's delighted by the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Rose George spent several weeks aboard a container ship to research Ninety Percent of Everything, her book about the shipping industry. She writes, "There are more than one hundred thousand ships at sea carrying all the solids, liquids and gases that we need to live."

Harold Robbins' 1966 novel The Adventurers featured the lethal and stunning man of mystery, Dax. Author Manil Suri writes that Robbins' novel was his first glimpse into an adult world. What was your first "adult" novel? Tell us in the comments.

The well-staged London Olympics have drawn to a close and on Monday, thousands of fans made their way to airports for the flight home.

The request comes almost a year after Teixeira was arrested and charged with the illegal retention and transmission of national defense information. He originally pleaded not guilty to the charges.

A series of five programs broadcast Sundays throughout the month addresses issues of mental health, including homelessness, race, incarceration, schizophrenia, and birth.

Gov. Jeff Landry’s attorneys told a judge Tuesday that the Republican expected to reach a deal with the Louisiana Board of Ethics over ethics charges linked to a trip to Hawaii by December, but they did not provide specifics on what that agreement might look like.