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It's been known for years that when temperatures are hotter, pitchers are more likely to hit batters with pitches. A new study finds that heat also increases a pitcher's likelihood of retaliating by hitting an opposing batter when players from his team were hit earlier in the game.

For decades, most courts did not allow widespread strip searches, but in recent years, the tide has turned. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court hears arguments for a case testing whether prison guards may constitutionally strip-search even minor traffic offenders when they are arrested and taken to jail.

Frank Kameny became a pioneer in the gay rights movement after he was fired from his job as a government astronomer in 1957 for being gay. He was 86. Gay rights groups mourned his passing Tuesday, noting that the day was National Coming Out Day.

Until now, the eurozone debt crisis has been confined to countries on the continent's periphery — like Greece, Spain and Ireland. But that may be changing with the collapse of a bank at the core of the eurozone. While some call Franco-Belgian lender Dexia's demise an exception, others say it is a wake-up call for all European banks.

Two Iranians — one a naturalized U.S. citizen — have been charged with plotting to kill the Saudi ambassador to the U.S. Ray Takeyh of the Council on Foreign Relations talks to Steve Inskeep about the criminal charges filed Tuesday.

In 1887, the French-made motor car La Marquise was in the first automobile race. It is still running. The car got a standing ovation when it was driven onstage at a recent auction, and a winning bid of more than $4.5 million.

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For the first time in nearly a quarter-century, the Girl Scouts of the USA have updated their badges.

A day after announcing they had uncovered an Iranian terror plot, the Obama administration is moving quickly to try to drum up more international pressure on the Iranian regime. But some Iran watchers are raising doubts about the U.S. storyline — and wonder if the U.S. can get the sort of diplomatic mileage it wants out of this case.

Newt Gingrich invoked Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach, former head of the National Cancer Institute, in criticizing proposed changes in prostate cancer screening. A close watcher of von Eschenbach at NCI questioned whether he is the right person to lean on.