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Kickstarter, the crowd-funding site that pairs indie-minded entrepreneurs with online investors, funded more than 18,000 projects in 2012, according to its end-of-year analysis. The site says more than 2.2 million people pledged nearly $320 million, with 17 projects raising more than $1 million.

NPR's Asma Khalid and ESPN's Michele Steele talk about college football championship weekend, a huge tennis comeback and the MLS playoffs

Williams was vying for a record-tying 24th Grand Slam singles title, but fell to the 27 year old from Romania, 6-2, 6-2.

Violinist and conductor Joshua Bell is going to be joining Lance Bass and a Shark Tank judge in Atlantic City. (And one of the country's foremost classical music critics is a preliminary rounds judge.) Is there a classical music/beauty pageant axis we just didn't know about?

A new analysis by the Sunlight Foundation examines corporations that expend the most money in Washington on campaign contributions and lobbying. Defense contractors and finance giants lead the pack.

The U.N.'s top court is expected to issue an order Friday on Israel’s offensive in Gaza, potentially ordering Israel to halt the operation. The case was brought by South Africa.

Also: Jared Kushner's former companies in New York City allegedly profited from false permits; a Cirque du Soleil performer dies in an accident; and bushfires destroy dozens of Australian homes.

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: 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.

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".