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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. |
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Iraq War: Retired Marine Faces The Past It's been 10 years since the United States went to war in Iraq. And it hasn't been easy for soldiers to adjust to life back home. Host Michel Martin speaks with former Marine, Dario DiBattista, about some of the odd experiences he's had since returning — including meeting the widow of a solider he recruited. |
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Now And Then: Rephotographing Iraq AP photographer Maya Alleruzzo has revisited physical sites photographed by various photographers in Iraq to see what has changed and what hasn't. |
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On Australia's Great Barrier Reef, There's A Turf Battle Raging Seaweed might not be as flashy as coral, but it plays an important role on the reef. They compete for space, and rising carbon dioxide levels could someday tip the balance of power. |
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Chinese Solar Panel Maker Suntech Goes Bankrupt The company, a victim of a worldwide glut in solar panels, missed a $541 million bond payment and was forced into restructuring on Wednesday. |
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President Obama Predicts Indiana Will Win NCAA Tournament  Obama picked Indiana, Florida, Louisville and Ohio State to advance to the final four. Unfortunately, the commander in chief has a checkered history picking NCAA winners. |
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The Stream Of Syrian Refugees Strains Lebanon More than 8,000 Syrians cross the border into neighboring countries each day. Lebanon has the biggest urban refugee population in the region, and the highest number of unregistered Syrians. The U.N. says despite its best efforts, Syrian refugees in Lebanon can still expect to wait at least 4 months before receiving help. |
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How Ideas To Cut ER Expenses Could Backfire States' attempts to refuse to pay for seemingly minor emergency room visits can't easily distinguish between the cases that merit simple care and life-threatening problems, an analysis of emergency room data finds. |
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Though It Doesn't Feel Like It In Parts Of The Country, It's Really Spring! At 7:02 a.m. ET, the sun crossed the celestial equator, marking the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere. That news is little comfort to cities like Chicago, Buffalo or Minneapolis, which will see highs in the 20s today. |
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Colo. Department Of Corrections Chief Shot And Killed At His Home Tom Clements was appointed by the Colorado governor in 2011, after he served for more than three decades in the Missouri Department of Corrections. Police have not apprehended a suspect. |
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South Korea Eyes Pyongyang After Possible Cyber Attack South Korean officials say they suspect that Pyongyang could be the source of the outage, which affected three broadcasters and two banks. |
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Former Gov. Mark Sanford, Stephen Colbert's Sister Advance After S.C. Primaries Elizabeth Colbert Busch will be the Democratic nominee, while Sanford heads to a runoff. Both are competing for a congressional seat left vacant when Tim Scott was appointed to the Senate. |
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Cyprus Scrambles For 'Plan B' Bailout The Cypriot finance minister is in Moscow for meetings aimed at securing a Russian alternative to the bailout. |
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Book News: Jane Goodall Apologizes For Lifted Passages In Her New Book Also: Vladimir Nabokov's classroom rules; Condoleezza Rice is writing a book; a photo essay featuring Shakespeare & Company. |
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Arriving In Israel, Obama Reaffirms An 'Unbreakable Bond' During a two-day tour, President Obama will deliver a speech to students and visit Ramallah in the West Bank. Obama isn't in the region with a great plan to restart peace talks, instead he's expected to simply try to connect with the Israeli people. |
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Good Luck With That 'Perfect' March Madness Bracket. You'll Need It Millions of basketball fans will fill out NCAA tournament brackets this week and try to correctly predict the outcomes of every game. The chances of succeeding are about 1 in 150 quintillion. A group of computer scientists are trying to beat those odds by writing programs that learn to pick winners. |
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How To Be The Good Guy With A Gun At School In the aftermath of the Newtown school shooting, there's a raging public debate over placing armed guards in schools. Some say it's impractical, but about a third of American schools already have some kind of armed security. One school police officer in Stockton, Calif., finds the job is part protector, part mentor. |
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Law Says Insurers Should Pay For Breast Pumps, But Which Ones? Health insurers are obligated to cover pumps to help moms breast-feed. But there is a variety of equipment. Some nursing mothers prefer faster, electric models that cost more. Insurers may say a less expensive manual pump would do just fine. |
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Off The Battlefield, Military Women Face Risks From Male Troops According to Pentagon research, a quarter of all women who join the military are sexually assaulted during their careers. Many cases go unreported, and some victims say the perpetrator is a superior to whom they would have to report the assault. |
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For Some Ready To Buy, A Good Home Is Hard To Find Housing season seems to have arrived early in some places where homebuying is already frenzied, and in many markets, the pendulum has swung from an excess of homes on the market a few years ago to a shortage. |
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Annuities Explained: The Choices And Red Flags Older Americans and younger boomers may find themselves bombarded with ads for annuities. Annuities are a $200-billion-a-year business for life insurance companies and financial institutions. Kiplinger's Kimberly Lankford explains some of the choices and red flags facing potential investors. |
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What's The Score On Spirited Sports Banter At Bars? Sports commentator Frank Deford wants to know: When did we stop arguing about sports in the time-honored bar-stool fashion? |
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NFL Owners Pass Two New, Safety Related Rules The owners have not voted, however, on prohibiting crown hits by ball carriers outside the tackle box. |
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Odd Political Bedfellows Agree: Banks Still Too Big To Fail On the political far left and right, some believe that large banks still pose a threat to taxpayers. These banks are so big, they argue, that the government will step in with support if needed. Still, the more mainstream view in Washington is that the Dodd-Frank reforms are sufficient to handle the problem. |
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Will Congolese Warlord's Weirdly Civil Surrender Get Fellow Rebels A Free Pass? Bosco Ntaganda showed up unexpectedly at the U.S. Embassy in Kigali. While officials puzzle out the details of transporting him to his new detention cell in The Hague, others are wondering if his former cohorts — still pillaging Eastern Congo — might use the arrest to broker their own impunity. |
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Scholar Outlines The Long, Rocky Road Of GOP Outreach Efforts As the Republican National Committee offers criticism and advice for the party after its performance in 2012, a political science professor has come up with a list of sometimes similar GOP outreach efforts of old. |
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With Headline Bus Tour, 'New York Post' Takes Manhattan The New York Post, with its brazen and sometimes hilarious, sometimes cruel and punishing headlines, is now promoting itself with a bus tour of Manhattan. It drives by spots where reporters covered the scandals, murders and sensations that make New York City such a competitive tabloid town. |
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Cash Back On Broccoli: Health Insurers Nudge Shoppers To Be Well Rebates on healthy foods purchases can influence what put in their grocery carts, a study found. People spent 9 percent more on fruits, vegetables, non-fat dairy and other healthful foods when they got a 25 percent rebate on them. |
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How The Federal Budget Is Just Like Your Family Budget (Or Not) Amid the budget debate, there's one comparison you hear a lot. As House Speaker John Boehner has put it: "Every family in America has to balance their budget. Washington should, too." But just how accurate is that analogy? |
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What's Worked, And What Hasn't, In Gun-Loving Switzerland Like Americans, the Swiss have an entrenched gun culture — it's not uncommon to see regular citizens out in the public with a gun slung across their back — and most are vehemently opposed to gun control. Yet Switzerland has a far lower rate of gun violence than in the U.S. |
