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Wayward Dolphin In Polluted New York Canal Dies Because the canal is so polluted, authorities said they could nothing but watch. So for hours, TV footage showed the dolphin bobbing in the water and humans hopelessly watching. |
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After Contract's End, Fox News And Sarah Palin Part Ways After her failed vice presidential run in 2008, Palin became a staple on the cable news channel and one of the leading voices of the conservative movement in the United States. |
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PHOTOS: Scenes From The March For Life Many of the anti-abortion activists were brought to Washington by their religious beliefs. The once-presidential candidate Rick Santorum addressed the crowd and shared his own decision to "choose life." |
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Court Ruling Upsets Conventional Wisdom On Recess Appointments In a bombshell decision, a federal appeals court panel has invalidated President Obama's recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board. Legal experts say the ruling deals a big victory to Senate Republicans in an era of congressional gridlock, and could push the issue to the Supreme Court. |
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To Fight Addiction, FDA Advisers Endorse Limits On Vicodin Painkillers containing the drug hydrocodone have provided relief to many in pain. But a panel recommended the federal government place restrictions on access to the drugs to lessen the odds of addiction. |
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Mars Curiosity Rover Beams Back First Nighttime, Ultraviolet Photos While this represents a milestone, the pictures don't tell us much about the planet, yet. The ultraviolet pictures were taken to investigate fluorescent minerals. |
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To Combat Suicides, Army Focuses On The Homefront Military suicides hit a record high in 2012, and the Army has been the hardest-hit branch. Its prevention efforts have included everything from a buddy system to 24-hour hotlines. Now, the Army is deploying psychiatrists and counselors to the places where soldiers live and work. |
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Mon Dieu! A 'Hashtag' Is Now A 'Mot-Dièse' In France The decision was made by the agency charged with finding French alternatives to foreign-language terms |
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Spain's Strapped Towns Look To Churches For Cash Alcalá de Henares is re-evaluating the status of hundreds of church holdings that have been exempt from paying property tax for hundreds of years. |
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Some In GOP Want New Electoral College Rules Republicans in states that President Obama carried are looking at proposals to change the way Electoral College votes are given out. If these changes had been in place nationwide in November, Mitt Romney might have won. |
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'Lingering Issues' From Concussion Means Clinton Will Wear Glasses For A Time Clinton wore the glasses during her contentious appearance on Capitol Hill for hearings about Benghazi. |
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Don McLean Fined For Speeding; No Chevy (Or Levee) Involved If we have to tell you why you should wonder if he was driving a Chevy to the levee, then that must mean you're not "of a certain age." Find your mom or dad's old copy of American Pie and check it out. If there's a turntable around, that is. |
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Free Breast Pumps And The Cost Of Health Care Health insurers are now required to pay for breast pumps. What will that mean for health care costs? |
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Walk While You Talk: The Meeting Goes Mobile To stay in shape, many people stand while they work, or even use a treadmill desk. The latest advice might get you out of the building altogether. Ditch the boardroom and walk while you meet. |
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Long Forgotten, 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing Survivor Speaks Out This year marks the 50th anniversary of the bombing of the Baptist church in Birmingham, Ala. Set by white supremacists, the blast killed four girls and shocked the nation. But there was also a fifth victim who survived the attack. Often forgotten, she's now seeking recognition. |
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Another Senator Announces Retirement Blaming 'Legislative Gridlock' Conservative Capitol Hill veteran Saxby Chambliss faced recent criticism from the right for seeking a bipartisan compromise on deficit issues, and for being among the first high-level Republicans to question fidelity to Grover Norquist's no-new-taxes pledge after the November elections. |
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Exxon More Golden Than Apple Again Apple stock has dropped sharply since it announced earnings that disappointed analysts. Now the tech tastemaker is paying another price, losing its crown as the world's most valuable company to Exxon Mobil. Exxon's market capitalization totaled $417 billion Friday, $4 billion more than Apple's. |
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With GDP Shrinking, U.K. Fears Triple Dip Recession If the country sees another quarter of negative growth, it will officially enter its third recession in four years. That's unchartered territory. |
  In the story The Little Prince, a boy from a tiny planet lands on Earth. The boy is tall, the planet small, and you worry he might fall off. In real life, real Earthlings once had a hint of this experience. It was 1972, and you can go there with them. |
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On Second Anniversary Of Revolution, Egypt Is 'A Nation Divided' Thousands of demonstrators took to the street to protest the presidency of Hosni Mubarak. Some said the revolution's promise of change hasn't materialized. |
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New Norovirus Strain Rips Through The U.S. More than half of norovirus outbreaks reported during the last four months of 2012 in the U.S. were caused by a strain first identified in Australia. Restaurants and long-term care facilities have been hit hardest. |
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Amid Gun Debate, What Will Actually Protect Kids? Putting guns in schools may make people think more of Terminator than teaching. But Emily Richmond of the National Education Writers Association says that it's time to step back from the hysteria. She talks to host Michel Martin about practical ways to make schools safer. |
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Did President Obama Misuse MLK's Bible? The fact that President Obama's second inauguration took place on the same day as the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday felt right to many people, but some critics say the comparison is all wrong. Host Michel Martin and the Barbershop guys weigh in on that and other news. |
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Former 'Ebony' Editor Was Proud German Tell Me More remembers Ebony Magazine's former managing editor, Hans Massaquoi. He arrived in America as an outsider, after growing up black in Nazi Germany. Host Michel Martin speaks with his former colleague, Lynn Norment about his career and legacy. |
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Honoring 'Our Will To Live': The Lost Music Of The Holocaust For two decades, Italian musicologist Francesco Lotoro has searched for and resurrected works of music written in World War II concentration, labor and POW camps. He wants to fill the hole the Holocaust left in Europe's musical history and document the triumph of creativity over brutality. |
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Forget 2016. The Pivotal Year In Politics May Be 2020 We already know demographic trends can drive election results, but what's surprising is how quickly the map could change for good. |
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Still Life With Cheeseburger: Art That Looks Good Enough To Eat Meet the new Dutch master: Tjaalf Sparnaay's food paintings are so gobsmacking in their level of detail, it's hard to resist the temptation to pick one up and take a bite. |
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Around The Globe, Women Already Serve In Combat Units Israel, Germany and Canada are among the countries that have marched down the path the U.S. will soon follow in allowing women a role in front-line combat units. And experts say the integration of women elsewhere has gone smoothly, despite concerns. |
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Obama Names New Chief Of Staff, New Counterterrorism Adviser Top aide Denis McDonough is moving into the chief of staff's office. Justice Department official Lisa Monaco is taking on the counterterrorism post. |
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Whoa Canada! New Currency Has 'Wrong' Maple Leaf? Botanists say the image on the new $20 bills is the leaf of a Norway maple, not the familiar sugar maple that graces Canada's flag. The Bank of Canada defends the image, saying it's a "stylized blend" of leaves from various maples. |
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Sales Of New Homes Fell In December, But Were Up Sharply In 2012 There were an estimated 367,000 new homes sold last year, up 19.9 percent from the 306,000 sold in 2011. The dip in December isn't being seen as a sign that the recovery has gone off track. |
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Really Cool Video: 'Shroud Of Cold Air Descends On The U.S.'   You may find it mesmerizing as cold air covers much of the nation in a new video visualization from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. |
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Spain's 'El Pais' Apologizes For Photo That Was Not Of Cancer-Stricken Chavez Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has not been seen for weeks. He's reportedly in Cuba, undergoing treatment. El Pais thought it had a "global exclusive." But the photo of a man surrounded by doctors and with a breathing tube going down his throat was of someone else. |
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A Brief History Of Women In Combat Militaries have a habit of turning to women and expanding their role in times of war. |
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Top Stories: Snow And Ice Spread; Senate Tweaks Filibuster Rules Also: 'March for Life' rally brings thousands to D.C.; Boeing 787 Dreamliner's problems remain a mystery; anniversary of revolution sparks clashes in streets of Cairo; North Korea warns the South. |
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'March For Life' Rally Expected To Draw Huge Crowd In Washington The annual march and rally gathers anti-abortion activists on the anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide. It's now been 40 years since that decision was handed down. |
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Sponsors Of Assault Weapons Ban Hope Newtown Shooting Changes Minds Gun control advocates acknowledged they'll face big obstacles in Congress to a new ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. But they say the shooting last month of 20 schoolchildren in Connecticut could make a difference. |
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At $17.5 Million A Year, LeBron James Is Underpaid Why $17.5 million a year isn't nearly enough — and why LeBron actually benefits from being underpaid. |
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For Would-Be Sundancers, Kickstarter Can Fuel Films Financing a movie can be tough — but more and more filmmakers are crowdsourcing their creative cash. Nearly 10 percent of the films at this year's Sundance Film Festival found backers through the online fundraiser Kickstarter. |
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Foreign Investors Trade Dollars For U.S. Residency Obtaining a U.S. visa can be pretty straightforward if you have $500,000. The EB-5 program grants foreigners permanent residency if they invest $500,000 in an American business and create at least 10 jobs. Despite its success, critics say the program pushes the rich to the front of the immigration line. |
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New Zealand Environmentalist Wants To Eliminate Cats To Save Birds New Zealand economist and environmentalist Gareth Morgan thinks the only way to save the country's endangered birds is to eliminate the house cat, a popular pet on the island. |
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Manti Te'o: 'What I Went Through Was Real' The Notre Dame linebacker admitted that in early interviews he was not "forthcoming," but said he did not lie. He insisted he was the victim of a hoax. |
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Senate Filibuster Changes: More Evolution Than Revolution After threatening to gut the rule that lets a single senator bring the Senate to a virtual halt, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has agreed to tweak rather than transform the practice. Under the accord, Democrats would gain the ability to skip a procedural step to begin debate on a bill. |
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American Sentenced To 35 Years For Role In Mumbai Attack David Coleman Headley, whose scouting missions were central to the 2008 terrorist attacks, did not receive a life sentence because he cooperated with authorities. |
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Will Obama Administration Clear Keystone XL Pipeline? Now that Nebraska's governor has approved a new route for the Keystone XL oil pipeline, it'll be up to President Obama to decide whether the controversial project will move forward. The State Department is expected to complete an environmental review in coming months. |
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At Winter Gathering, GOP Asks: Where Do We Go From Here?  But Republican leaders say there won't be a sudden about-face in policy, despite recent disappointments at the polls. The party is focusing on message, technology and grass-roots organizing at its meetings in Charlotte, N.C. |
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New York Murder Rate Plummets, But Who Should Get The Credit? While Chicago and Detroit are struggling to control rising murder rates, New York City hit a record low number of homicides in 2012. The police commissioner has often pointed to several controversial policing tactics for falling crime, but some analysts say there are many potential explanations. |
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Swinging From 140 Characters To Six-Second Videos, Twitter Launches Vine Twitter launches Vine, a video-sharing app that allows users to post succinct videos directly onto tweets. The app is reminiscent of Instagram and seems familiar at a time when animated GIFs are all the rage. |
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Maxing Out The Mini Season For Maine Shrimp Mainers say the shrimp have a sweet and delicate flavor. But there won't be many of them to go around this year. The fishing season is short, the allowable catch is small and the number of shrimp in the Gulf of Maine has been dwindling for a while now. |
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Fighting Misconceptions About Sickle Cell Disease In The ER Patients with the blood disorder can experience severe pain. But when they arrive at the emergency room seeking help, health care personnel often think their requests for narcotics are a sign of addiction. Nursing professor Paula Tanabe is helping to illuminate the problem and improve treatment. |
