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Jailed clerk

A Kentucky county clerk's office at the center of a showdown over same-sex marriage could begin issuing licenses to gay couples after the clerk herself was jailed for refusing to do so, in defiance of a Supreme Court ruling. Dean Reynolds reports five out of six deputy clerks have told a federal judge they'll distribute the certificates.

Father's grief

Abdullah Kurdi and his family made a desperate attempt to escape their war-torn hometown in Syria, spending thousands of dollars to climb aboard a small boat bound for Europe. Today, he buried his wife and two sons in the same town they died fleeing.

Refugee standoff

Hundreds of migrants and taken to a refugee camp outside the Hungarian capital are refusing to get off the train that brought them there, demanding the freedom to travel on to other, wealthier European nations. Charlie D'Agata has met some of the desperate refugees, who feel they were tricked into a free ride to somewhere they never wanted to be.

Ben Carson

The retired neurosurgeon has never run for elected office, but he's earning big praise from conservatives. This is the latest in a continuing series examining where the 2016 candidates stand on five key issues. Click here to read about Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton, John Kasich, Bernie Sanders, Scott Walker, Marco Rubio and Chris Christie.

High life

Are coach air travelers helping pay for the luxury perks of first class fliers? Kris Van Cleave went to see how the short walk from the first to economy class seats is seeming a lot longer these days.

Job hunters

With the August jobs report out today, and as the Federal Reserve gets ready to meet in two weeks to consider what to do with interest rates, Bob Hennelly says two intertwined mysteries are stumping Fed policymakers: Why does the U.S. recovery from the Great Recession continue to be so anemic, and why do tens of millions of American workers remain on the sidelines?

Burrito battle

Chipotle Grill loudly announced in April that it had gone GMO-free and was the first national restaurant chain to use only ingredients that were not genetically modified. But as Erik Sherman explains, the company now faces a class action suit filed in California that alleges the claim of being free of genetically modified organisms simply isn't true.

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