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President-elect Barack Obama is appointing his transition team and beginning to form his cabinet. We look at who Obama is meeting with and where he's traveling to over the next several days.

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

A Russian named Grigory Perelman, is credited with helping solve a famous 100-year-old math problem. Both the problem and the man who solved it are a bit of a puzzle.

Iraqi's interim Vice President Ibrahim al-Jaafari is at the center of a growing struggle to lead the country's new government. While Jaafari is the chosen leader of the Shiite that won the most votes in Iraqi elections, interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi is vying to keep his post.

Mansour Dao, also Gadhafi's cousin, said toward the end, the despot was angry and still believed Libyans loved him.

Ten is an arbitrary number, so NPR's entertainment critic Bob Mondello offers his top 24 movies of 2002. Mondello says 2002 was a record year for box office sales and a better year than 2001 for movie quality. His list ranges from blockbuster adventure to documentary.

The staff of NPR's Performance Toady offers its top ten CD picks for the music of Aaron Copland.

Also: Smoke from western wildfires blows across the U.S.; Education Secretary DeVos will speak on enforcing Title IX sexual assault protections; and here's what happens to cars after a hurricane.

Also: A U.S. Marine helicopter in Japan loses its windshield over a school, injuring a boy; the lead singer of the Smithereens dies; and odd headlines from 2017 include "covfefe".

Also: An aid group says thousands of Myanmar Rohingya Muslims were murdered in a month; Roy Moore won't concede the Alabama senate election he lost; and awards for the funniest wildlife photos return.