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A man who climbed an enormous tree in downtown Seattle on Tuesday morning and stayed there overnight repeatedly rebuffed police negotiators before climbing down safely on Wednesday.

"No one in our city should live in fear," said Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh. The Catholic archdiocese program is modeled on one in Dallas, which aims to alleviate immigrants' fears of police stops.

STEVEN JOBS is one of the founders of Apple Computers; and he led the development of the Macintosh computer. In 1985 he founded NeXT Computer. It's mission is to develop customized software for businesses; two of their applications are OPENSTEP and NEXTSTEP. JOBS is also the owner of the computer animation company, Pixar. They've made the first feature-length computer-animated film, "Toy Story," in conjunction with Walt Disney, Inc. JOBS will talk with Terry about the future of computer technology. JOBS has won numerous awards including a National Medal of Technology in 1990. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE

“S” is for 6-0-1 Law (1924). The 6-0-1 Law, passed in March 1924, guaranteed at least a seven-month school term for all White children.

Federally issued voter registration cards might be the reform needed to avoid a range of electoral challenges. Slate contributor and law professor Richard Hasen explains.

Our next guest was a member of his high school’s first graduating class in 1990, now he’s back and he’s running that school. Mike Switzer interviews Danny Dorsel, president of the South Carolina Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics in Hartsville.

Soon, the 25th floor of the Capitol Center office building at 1201 Main St. in Columbia will be office and event space for one of our state’s charter schools.

A magistrate, at the FBI's request, has ordered Apple to help investigators work around the iPhone's security features. Apple says that's judicial overreach — and a violation of constitutional rights.

One bite of the fruit from the manchineel tree can be lethal, and contact with the bark, leaves and sap of the tree results in blisters and extreme pain.

When the votes came in for Prospect magazine's list of the top 100 public intellectuals, at No. 1 was Turkish Sufi cleric Fethullah Gulen. Prospect Magazine editor Tom Nuttall says Gulen's global network of supporters propelled him to the top spot.