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CEO Sam Haskell and board chair Lynn Weidner are stepping down under pressure regarding emails that contained crude language disparaging former pageant winners were published by HuffPost on Thursday.

Gen. Zhang Yang, a former head of the powerful Central Military Commission's political work department, hanged himself at his home in Beijing last week, state media said.

Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone are struggling with the ongoing outbreak. International correspondent Ofeibea Quist-Arcton updates NPR's Eric Westervelt on the latest news about Ebola in West Africa.

A group of journalists were allowed to tour a weapons laboratory deep underground in Frenchman Flat, Nevada. NPR's science correspondent Geoff Brumfiel was among them.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Ayman Safadi, Jordan's deputy prime minister and foreign affairs minister, about the risk of an all-out war in Lebanon. Jordan has ties to Israel, Lebanon and the U.S.

Top stories include: Pakistan appears to quietly okay U.S. drone strikes; thousands of Greek protesters take to Athens streets to express anger over austerity measures.

Also: China sends a top diplomat to Taiwan; a Spanish princess is closer to a corruption indictment; and a suspected burglar is caught after he logs on to Facebook in the victim's home.

Also: A student painting angers some lawmakers on Capitol Hill; Honda issues new vehicle recalls for Takata airbags; and Hasbro may retire some Monopoly tokens, such as the top hat and wheelbarrow.

France's Council of State said the town of Villeneuve-Loubet breached several "fundamental freedoms" by forbidding the swimwear on its beaches. Some 30 towns have instituted such bans this summer.

Vice U.K. writer Oobah Butler created a fake restaurant that became the hottest eatery in London on TripAdvisor. He tells NPR's Scott Simon about how he executed his prank.