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Little Kids Know How To Share, But Don't Want To Little children understand the idea of sharing, but they'd prefer not to play along. But by age 8, the typical child decides that it's a good idea to follow through and be fair, researchers say. |
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John Lennon's Bloodied Glasses Used In Plea On Gun Violence Yoko Ono, the widow of the Beatle slain in 1980, tweets the graphic photo on the 44th anniversary of the couple's marriage. |
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'Temperature Rising': Will Climate Change Bring More Extreme Weather? In a series for The New York Times, environmental reporter Justin Gillis has been exploring whether harsh weather events are connected to global warming or if they are simply the random violence nature visits upon us. |
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Officer Involved In Shooting That Led To Unrest In Anaheim Is Cleared Nick Bennallack shot an unarmed Manuel Diaz as he ran away from officers. His shooting death sparked days of near-riots in Anaheim. |
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House OKs Bill To Keep Government Funded Through September A government shutdown has been averted, with the house passing a spending bill that keeps things open through the end of September. |
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Dunking Science: Do Cookies Really Taste Better Dipped In Tea? With a high-tech gadget, scientists can measure how much flavor is released from foods while we're eating. One British chef uses the device to figure out why we love to dip biscuits into tea. A quick plunge really does make the cookie yummier. |
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You Be The Judge: Is The Housing Market Really Improving? Optimists have had no trouble finding fresh evidence to suggest that the real estate market is recovering. Home sales are at the highest levels in years, borrowing rates are at historical lows, and builders are hiring again. But not everyone is convinced that the sector's momentum has staying power. |
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With Obama In Ramallah, Palestinians Take To The Streets But one of the unanswered questions was who were they protesting against? Obama, Israel or their own government. |
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Cosmos Might Be A Few Million Years Older Than Advertised European scientists say new data from the Planck probe show that the universe is 13.82 billion years old instead of 13.77 billion, as previously thought. |
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NRA Represents Only A Fraction Of Gun Owners Kentucky farmer James Gash is one of millions of American gun owners who don't belong to the National Rifle Association - the powerful lobbying group. Gash talks with host Michel Martin about why the NRA doesn't speak for him. |
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Obama's Speech In Israel: 5 Excerpts You Should Read Speaking to Israeli students at the Jerusalem Convention Center on Thursday, President Obama delivered a speech brimming with talk of hope and change that echoed the Obama of 2008. |
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Here We Go Again: Leno, Fallon, And Why The Late-Night Wars Are So Boring   At this point, it takes heroic effort to care about the possible future handoff of Tonight, even if you have strong feelings about whether you like Jay, Dave, Jimmy, other Jimmy, or Craig. |
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It's 'Birds Gone Wild' Out On Australia's Heron Island Normally, the buff-breasted rail is a shy little creature. But on this island out on the Great Barrier Reef, it's become the avian equivalent of a weed. And the island is dotted with other pesky and sometimes (to visitors) menacing birds. |
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Europe's Central Bank Issues Cyprus Ultimatum The central bank says it will cut off a financial lifeline in four days if Cypriot lawmakers can't agree on a deal to raise $7.5 billion to prop up the country's banks. |
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Let's Do A March Madness 'Anti-Bracket': Pick The Upsets Everybody tries to figure out who will win. How about predicting the first surprise? Which teams will get bounced out before they "should" have been? |
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Pediatricians Voice Support For Same-Sex Marriage And Adoption For the first time, the American Academy of Pediatrics says it favors civil marriage for same-gender couples. The leading group of pediatricians in the U.S. also supports parents' full rights to adopt or provide foster care regardless of their sexual orientation. |
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United Nations Will Investigate Possible Use Of Chemical Weapons In Syria The United States has declared the use of chemical weapons is a "red line" in the conflict. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said their se is a "crime against humanity." |
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Spring May Have Sprung, But Most Gardens Are Still Slumbering Spring has sprung, but in most parts of the country, just-picked vegetables are still months away. In northern Minnesota, growers are experimenting with solar soil-warming techniques to coax spring to appear earlier. |
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South Korea Says Cyberattack That Paralyzed Computers Was Traced To Chinese IP That doesn't necessarily mean that China was behind the attack. There is a possibility that North Korean hackers launched the attack from China. |
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CIA Drone Operations Could Be Handed To Pentagon The Obama administration is considering shifting the armed drone program to the military to mollify critics who say it lacks accountability and transparency. |
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Applications For Unemployment Benefits Tick Up; Monthly Average At 5-Year Low Economists said this means progress in the job market, mostly through a reduction in layoffs. |
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Gaza Militants Fire Rockets, As Obama Heads To West Bank The attacks came just hours before President Obama travelled from Israel to the West Bank, where he met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Obama condemned the attacks, but called for Israelis and Palestinians to return to the negotiating table without preconditions. |
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Book News: Is Amazon Building A CIA Cloud? Also: Sam Lipsyte is interviewed by household pets; a new study tracks mood in literature; and Bret Easton Ellis' new book. |
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Timeline: Gay Marriage In Law, Pop Culture And The Courts A lot has changed in the decades since the Supreme Court dismissed a gay marriage case for lack of a "substantial federal question" in the 1970s. As the court once again weighs the issue of gay marriage, here's a look at how the debate has touched American life. |
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Sexual Violence Victims Say Military Justice System Is 'Broken' There are some 19,000 sexual assaults in the military each year, the Pentagon estimates. But many victims say they have nowhere to turn and risk ruining their careers by reporting attacks. |
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As Gay Marriage Heads To Court, A Look Back At The Bumpy Ride The Supreme Court hears two gay marriage cases next week. These will be the next major steps on a path the country has traveled for decades. Those who have been affected by the gay marriage battle reflect on the changes so far. |
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Samsung Is On A Roll, But Can It Beat Apple? The company's long-term position in the smartphone market is complicated because of its historical association with hardware. One analyst says that what really matters to consumers are the software and new experiences. |
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On Its 7th Birthday, Is Twitter Still The 'Free Speech Party'? The first tweet was posted seven years ago. Since then, the social media site has been used as a free speech platform to spread information, report on the Arab Spring and stay connected with millions worldwide. But critics say that as Twitter has grown, it has sometimes compromised its principles. |
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Australian Prime Minister Apologizes For Forced Adoption Policy Tens of thousands of children are believed to have been taken from their parents, mostly unwed teenagers, from the late-1950s to the 1970s. An Australian Senate committee report issued last year urged the government to take action. |
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'Tonight Show' Reportedly Moving To New York In 2014 With Fallon As Host Jimmy Fallon is on track to replace Jay Leno as host of The Tonight Show on NBC in 2014, according to reports in The New York Times and The Hollywood Reporter. |
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Critics Wait To See How Pope Francis Deals With Sex Abuse Scandal The new pontiff has no real record of speaking out about sexual abuse cases, though one prominent priest under his leadership was convicted in 2009 in Buenos Aires. |
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Administration Still Fighting For Assault Weapons Ban, Biden Says The vice president's comments in an interview with NPR come despite signs that such a ban doesn't have enough support, even from members of his own party, to make it through the Democratic-controlled Senate. |
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Yes, Your New Car Has A 'Black Box.' Where's The Off Switch? Most newer cars have recorders that collect data at the moment of a crash and preserve key information. The data is meant to improve safety, but it's also useful in court. The federal government now wants to make the recorders mandatory on all new cars, but privacy advocates say people should have the option of turning their cars' recorders off. |
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Pew Poll: For Many Who've Changed Same-Sex Marriage Views, It's Personal Having a gay friend or family member has led many Americans to change their stance from opposing to supporting same-sex marriage. |
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Scientists: 'No Options' To Stop Massive Asteroids On Collision Course Scientists told a Senate panel that getting caught off-guard by a space rock hurtling toward Earth would lead to devastating consequences. |
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Recipes, Not Rockets: Cookbook Offers New Lens On Gaza The Gaza Kitchen weaves little-known stories of Gaza food and farming among Palestinian home-cooking recipes. It's an effort not just to document the flavors of modern and historic Gaza, but also to start a new conversation about the place and its people. |
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How A Patient's Suicide Changed A Doctor's Approach To Guns Dr. Frank Dumont never thought of himself as being on the front lines of suicide prevention. But after the death of a patient he was particularly close to, he sees his role changing. He's seeking to reduce suicides by asking his patients about guns in their homes. |
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Voter Cast Off Charlie Crist Tops Florida Governors's Race Poll Two prominent Democrats, including a former Republican governor who recently switched parties, hold commanding leads over the unpopular Scott, according to a poll. |
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Voter Cast-Off Charlie Crist Tops Florida Governor's Race Poll Two prominent Democrats, including a former Republican governor who recently switched parties, hold commanding leads over the unpopular Scott, according to a poll. |
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Massive Sinkhole In Louisiana Baffles Officials The giant sinkhole is threatening a neighborhood in southern Louisiana. A salt mine collapsed last year, creating a series of problems regulators say they've never seen before, including tremors and oil and gas leaks and a sinkhole that covers 9 acres. Residents are losing patience. |
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When It Comes To Cyberwarfare, North Korea Is No Newbie If Pyongyang is the source of a cyberattack against South Korea's computer networks, it wouldn't be the first time. |
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When It Comes To Cyber Warfare, North Korea Is No Newbie If Pyongyang is the source of a cyber attack against South Korea's computer networks, it wouldn't be the first time. |
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As Health Law Turns Three, Public Is As Confused As Ever A poll finds the central elements of the federal health law remain popular across partly lines. But the law as a whole is still polarizing and confusing to many Americans, the results suggest. |
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We Have Liftoff: Apollo Rocket Engines Reportedly Pulled From Ocean Floor  Some of the most powerful U.S. rocket engines ever built have been raised from the depths off Florida. The Apollo-era motors are to be restored and put on display. Meanwhile, NASA has pulled unused copies of the same engine out of storage and fired them up as part of its program to build new heavy lift rockets. |
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We Have Liftoff: Apollo Rocket Engines Pulled From Ocean Floor Some of the most powerful U.S. rocket engines ever built have been raised from the depths off Florida. The Apollo-era motors are to be restored and put on display. Meanwhile, NASA has pulled unused copies of the same engine out of storage and fired them up as part of its program to build new heavy lift rockets. |
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Ahead Of Federal Reserve Statement, Stocks Are Up The Fed is expected to continue its $85 billion monthly bond-buying stimulus. Chairman Ben Bernanke is also expected to answer questions about the banking crisis in Cyprus. |
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Fed Sees Moderate Growth, Will Continue With Its Stimulus The Fed is staying the course with its $85 billion monthly bond-buying stimulus. Chairman Ben Bernanke is also expected to answer questions about the banking crisis in Cyprus. |
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Forensic Advances Raise New Questions About Old Convictions William Richards was convicted of murder in 1997 after a forensic dentist identified a mark on the victim as a bite. Years later, the witness recanted after seeing a new forensic analysis. As forensic technology improves, more old convictions are likely to draw new challenges around the country. |
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Whole Milk Or Skim? Study Links Fattier Milk To Slimmer Kids Parents are routinely advised to switch toddlers to reduced-fat milk, a move many assumed would help protect kids against becoming overweight. But a new study is the latest of several to find that kids drinking low-fat milk tended to be heavier. |
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Colorado Governor Signs 'Landmark' Restriction On Guns Into Law The new law bans high-capacity magazines and calls for background checks for private and online gun sales. |
