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True, Blue Planet Found Orbiting Nearby Star

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have "seen" the deep blue of an alien world, but it's nothing like Earth.

Egyptian drivers wait in long lines outside a gas station in Cairo on June 26. Along with a stuttering economy, traffic-clogging street protests and a crime wave, fuel shortages have come to symbolize the disorder of the post-Mubarak Egypt.

If Egypt's Political Crisis Looks Bad, Check Out The Economy

Egypt's new government must restore stability and security before it can tackle the bigger problems: unemployment, huge fuel and food subsidies, and an overly regulated private sector that has benefited from crony capitalism. But the challenges it faces are not uncommon in the wider Arab world.

Frank Turner On World Cafe

Shifting from punk to folk, the British singer-songwriter inspires a dedicated, fanatical following. Hear him perform four songs and talk about everything from songwriting to politics — and even a little bit about his tattoos

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announces Microsoft's purchase of Skype in 2011, in San Francisco.

Report: Microsoft Helped NSA, FBI Get Around Encryption

The latest Guardian report on U.S. electronic surveillance says the company granted accesses to email and chat services.

Day 5 of Canal Ride Takes Tour To Birthplace of the Erie, Other Familiar Place to CNYers

Rome wasn't built -- or bicycled to -- in a day. So after five days of riding, the 500+ cyclists that came to Syracuse Wednesday made camp at Fort Stanwyx…

Faith Marr, now 10, was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma on her spine in 2007, at the age of 4. Her father, Jerris, was her main caretaker.

A Father And Daughter 'Keep The Faith' During Cancer Fight

In 2007, 4-year-old Faith Marr was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer. Doctors were uncertain about her chances of survival. Faith and her father, Jerris, talk about how their bond grew stronger during hospital stays when he would "tattoo" her favorite things on her skin and scars.

An Israeli soldier in a platoon reserved for the ultra-Orthodox leans on the doorway of the unit's makeshift synagogue. The military accommodates the religious needs of ultra-Orthodox soldiers by allowing time for Torah study and prayers three times daily.

Israel's Internal Battle Over Ultra-Orthodox Soldiers

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men are exempt from military service in Israel, but a proposed law would change that. It would be a major social shift that is part of the larger question concerning the role of the ultra-Orthodox in Israeli society.

Mary Hamilton was found in contempt of court in Alabama, when she refused to answer questions after the prosecution addressed her only by her first name. The U.S. Supreme Court later ruled in her favor.

Mary Hamilton, The Woman Who Put The 'Miss' In Court

Mary Hamilton, arrested at an Alabama protest, refused to answer the judge unless he called her "Miss." It was custom for white people to get honorifics, but black people were called by first names.

The "Giant Tabular Iceberg" floats in Antarctica's Ross Sea in December 2011. Under a proposed new international agreement, large sections of the oceans around Antarctica would become protected as a marine preserve.

Sweeping Parts Of Southern Seas Could Become A Nature Preserve

Diplomats from 24 nations and the European Union are meeting in Germany next week to discuss creating a nature preserve that could be larger than three times the size of Texas. Stretches of water around Antarctica are relatively pristine and home to thriving ecosystems.

After WikiLeaks Drama, Kremlin Goes Old School

The Kremlin's security agency has bought $15,000 worth of electric typewriters. A source told a Russian newspaper that after WikiLeaks and the Edward Snowden scandal, the Kremlin decided to "expand the practice of creating paper documents."

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