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An employee drives a Google Maps Street View car around Palo Alto, Calif. The U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco said Tuesday that Google went far beyond listening to accessible radio communication when it drew information from inside people's homes.

Court Decision Means Another Look At Google Street View Case

A federal appeals court said Tuesday that it would not dismiss a lawsuit accusing Google of wrongly collecting people's data and online activities through its Wi-Fi systems as its Street View cars crisscrossed the world.

Members of the El Molo tribe are pictured in the village of Komote, on the shores of Lake Turkana, northern Kenya, last year.

Discovery Of Massive Aquifers Could Be Game Changer For Kenya

The underground lakes were found in the most arid region of a country where 40 percent of the population lacks access to safe water.

According to Barton Gellman, Edward Snowden (above) specifically asked journalists not to make all the documents he leaked available to the public.

Reporter Had To Decide If Snowden Leaks Were 'The Real Thing'

Before whistle-blower Edward Snowden became a household name, he was an anonymous source. The Washington Post's Barton Gellman recounts how he began corresponding with Snowden and the process of reporting on the government's Internet data mining program.

Gregory Porter's latest album is entitled <em>Liquid Spirit</em>.

'Singing Just To Me': Gregory Porter On Musical Inheritance

The jazz artist, who turned to singing when an injury ended his football career, claims three people as his main influences: his minister mother, his absentee father, and Nat King Cole. He discusses his musical life and the new album Liquid Spirit with NPR's Audie Cornish.

This is a DigitalGlobe image of the 5-megawatt (electric) reactor at North Korea's Yongbyon facility, Aug. 31, with steam seen coming from the electrical power generation building.

Satellite Image Suggests North Korea Is Restarting Reactor

A photo snapped from space shows steam rising from the facility housing the 5-megawatt reactor at Yongbyon that was dismantled as part of disarmament efforts five years ago.

David Petraeus resigned as head of the CIA in November, citing an extramarital affair.

Protesters Hound David Petraeus Before Lecture At CUNY

The retired general's tenure with the university began with drama and it continued as he walked to work on Monday.

A frozen blast from the past? The Earl of Sandwich didn't put cream or coffee in his frappe, like Starbucks does, but he understood the winning combination of chocolate and ice.

Earl Of Sandwich Blended Frappes Long Before Starbucks

Looks like culinary genius can run in the family. Historians have stumbled upon a 350-year-old English recipe for a frozen chocolate dessert that's a cross between sorbet and a frappe. The author is the great-grandfather of the inventor of the sandwich.

Linda Norman (right) and Joanna Galt, both from Florida, hold their banners during a rally against the health care law Tuesday outside the U.S. Capitol.

Conservatives Use Budget Deadline To Revive Obamacare Debate

With the pause button pushed on the congressional debate over Syria, the House is turning its attention back to the budget. The House was supposed to act this week to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month, and Republican leaders had hoped to avoid drama. But drama is brewing.

Add the Green Party to the Race for Syracuse Mayor

Until now, the focus of the Syracuse mayoral race has been on the political posturing of Democrats and Republicans. That changed Wednesday when Green…

The Daily Beast editor-in-chief Tina Brown plans to leave the website to produce live forums on news topics.

Tina Brown To Leave The Daily Beast

Celebrity editor Tina Brown announced Wednesday that she's leaving the news and opinion website to launch her own media company. She has been a regular guest on Morning Edition. Brown plans to produce live forums on news topics.

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