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More than 2,000 were also injured after the 6.8-magnitude earthquake devastated homes in villages across the Atlas Mountains, as well as historical sites inside Marrakech city.

Tune in for a collection of special holiday programming that's sure to get you into the spirit of the season, beginning December 21 and running through the New Year.

Governor Brownback speaks to reporters after the meeting. (Photo by Stephen Koranda) Governor Sam Brownback has met with education officials and some top Republican lawmakers to talk about school finance. Brownback says the closed-door meeting was aimed at bringing together lawmakers and representatives of local school districts. He says those groups have not always seen eye-to-eye on the issue of education funding, leading to lawsuits.“The education system in Kansas is very split, and it has generally been one that’s been more fighting with each other than discussing with each other," says Brownback. "So the objective here is to get a discussion going and moving things out of the courts and into discussion.”The Kansas Supreme Court is considering a lawsuit over school funding and is expected to issue a decision later this year or early next year. That means education funding could turn out to be a top issue in the 2014 legislative session for many lawmakers.====================(VERSION TWO)Governor Sam Brownback met with education officials and some top Republican lawmakers yesterday (MON) to discuss school finance. The gathering comes as the Kansas Supreme Court considers a lawsuit over education spending and lawmakers prepare for the 2014 legislative session.Brownback says the meeting was aimed at bringing together his office, education officials that represent local districts and lawmakers. He says those groups have not always seen eye-to-eye on the issue of education funding, leading to lawsuits.“The education system in Kansas is very split, and it has generally been one that’s been more fighting with each other than discussing with each other," says Brownback. "So the objective here is to get a discussion going and moving things out of the courts and into discussion.”Frank Henderson, president of the Kansas Association of School Boards, agrees that the meeting was a good starting point.“We certainly have the same purpose in mind, and that is to have an outcome of students that are prepared for college and careers,” says Henderson.Some Democrats are concerned because no members of their party were invited. Brownback says his office is in the process of planning a follow-up meeting.

Most Democratic voters say they could change their minds about whom they support. So be prepared for surprises as voting begins in the Democratic nominating contests next month.

As the chief official White House photographer for President Obama, Souza sometimes shot more than 2,000 photos a day. "I was there all the time," he says. His new book is Obama: An Intimate Portrait.

Melissa Block talks with Lolis Eric Elie, a writer and editor behind the HBO series Treme about a new cookbook written in the voices of the show's characters. Elie says it reflects both old New Orleans traditions and more recent influences.

Country artist George Birge saw a popular TikTok skewering the way men in his genre write music and decided to issue himself a songwriting challenge. The result? "Beer Beer, Truck Truck."

Q: Renovation at the Kansas Statehouse cost a pretty penny - more than $300 million! It took $22 million for the copper top alone. How many pounds of copper did it take to put a new roof and dome on the Kansas Statehouse? 67,000 pounds? 97,000 pounds? Or… 127,000 pounds?

A top-level Defense Department official skewed intelligence reports about Iraq in 2001 and 2002 in an attempting to justify an invasion, according to an inspector general's report from the Pentagon. The Senate Armed Services Committee discussed the report today.

Federal prosecutors said Friday that they will seek the death penalty against a white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at the Tops supermarket in 2022.