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• The Doors' Keyboard Counterpoint Goes Silent: Remembering Ray Manzarek

  Ray Manzarek, whose keyboard was a trademark of...

• Apple's 'Complex Web' Helped It Avoid taxes, Panel Finds

  The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigat...

• Tweets Capture 'Shock And Awe' At Tornado's Deadly Power

  Twitter captures firsthand accounts and reactio...

• Key Charge Against Ex-BP Official In Spill Case Dismissed

  A federal judge ruled that prosecutors failed t...

• An Ancient Religious Pilgrimage That Now Draws The Secular

  The 1,200-year-old European pilgrimage route kn...

• The Low-Tech Way Guns Get Traced

  There is one place in the country where a law e...

• With New Xbox, Microsoft Makes A Bigger Play For Living Room

  Microsoft has had few blockbuster successes in ...

• Iran's 'Zahra' Tells Alternate Tale Of Presidential Campaign

  What do you do when you can't openly wage a cam...

• WATCH: A Train Wreck Of A 'Star-Spangled Banner' Performance

  When it becomes clear to Canadian jazz singer A...

• ABC's Karl Expresses Regret, But Stands By Benghazi Story

  The White House correspondent's story about adm...

• Texas Company Scraps Controversial Lesson Plan System

  The CSCOPE curriculum had come under intense cr...

• ADHD In Childhood May Feed Obesity In Adults

  People diagnosed with ADHD as children may be m...

• Deborah Turness, Of British ITV, Will Be President Of NBC News

  Turness becomes the first female president of o...

• Nation's Midsection Braces For More Severe Storms

  From Texas to the upper Great Lakes, forecaster...

• Nostalgia For Sale As Captain Kangaroo's Pals Are Auctioned Off

  A giant lot of <em>Captain Kangaroo</em> memora...

• Children Of China's Wealthy Learn Expensive Lessons

  Some super-rich Chinese are sending their kids ...

• If Your Shrink Is A Bot, How Do You Respond?

  A computer-simulated woman named Ellie is desig...

• Bans Of Same-Sex Marriage Can Take A Psychological Toll

  When several states passed laws banning same-se...

• Seeing The (Northern) Light: A Temporary Arctic Retirement

  Inspired by a TED talk, Winston Chen quit his s...

• Tornadoes Level Homes In Oklahoma, 1 Dead

  Tornadoes ravaged portions of central Oklahoma ...

• Syrian Troops Target Key Rebel-Held Town

  Qusair is a strategically important town that l...

• North Korea Fires Another 'Short-Range Projectile'

  Like the missiles on Saturday, the projectile m...

• On Sunday News Shows, Obama Officials Go On Defense

  White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer said Re...

• WATCH: David Beckham Tears Up At Final Home Game

  The storied midfielder walked off the pitch as ...

• A Lucky Winner In Florida Could Be $590.5 Million Richer

  If you bought a Poweball ticket in Zephyrhills,...

• Afghans With Disabilities Fight For The Right To Rights

  Afghanistan isn't an easy place for anyone to m...

• Nonconservative Groups Say IRS Scrutinized Them, Too

  The IRS has admitted it flagged tax-exemption r...

• Alzheimer's Cases Rise, But Hope Remains

  More than 5 million Americans currently have Al...

• Afghan Parliament Halts Debate On Women's Rights Bill

  The bill would have banned violence against wom...

• WATCH: NASA Spots Brightest Lunar Explosion Ever Recorded

  A nearly 90-pound meteoroid produced a one-seco...