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Details emerging from North Korea about Kim Jong-un's surprising public purging of his uncle from a top position indicate that it was a family affair with his aunt and brother, armed with a pistol, taking part in the arrests of ranking officials. ... "What you have to understand is that the North Korean dynasty is run by an absolute blood-based hereditary mindset," pointed out Lee Yun-keol, the president of North Korea Strategic Information Service Center. The purge drama was designed by Kim Kyong-hee, Jang's wife, and Kim Jong-un, Lee said. ... The South Korean media have also been reporting that...

Bubba's bubbly CD has a sax-y allure Bill Clinton's CD features the expected jazz standards, but also some gospel, folk and spiritual music. A sampling of the former President's favorite tunes is on a new CD, "The Bill Clinton Collection: Selections From the Clinton Music Room," that showcases his diverse (though hardly cutting-edge) taste in music. Clinton, of course, is an accomplished saxophone player who was never shy about performing in public - the CD cover art has a Ray-Ban-wearing Bubba blowing on his instrument, a familiar man-of-the-people image he honed while running for the White House in 1992. So...