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The Milk Carton Kids, Making The Most Of Two Voices

The harmony-rich folk duo plays songs from its new album, The Ash & Clay, and discusses its career.

Though the SU men's lacrosse team dropped to #7 in the country after a loss to Hobart last Tuesday, it still finds itself in a top-10 matchup with Notre…

Allan Arbus on the left, with fellow <em>M.A.S.H.</em> stars Loretta Swit, Mike Farrell, Burt Metcalfe, Alan Alda, Kellye Nakahara Wallet and Wayne Rogers at an awards ceremony in 2009.

Allan Arbus, Who Played Psychiatrist On TV's 'M.A.S.H.,' Dies At 95

Arbus was most famous for his role as the Army psychiatrist Dr. Sidney Freedman in the hit TV comedy.

Would you like that burger with a side of exercise?

When Cheeseburger = Walking, Will We Eat Less?

Would you eat a double cheeseburger if you knew it took two hours of walking to burn it off? Participants in a new study said, hmm, maybe not. The researchers say that exercise-based labels could do a better job than calorie counts at steering people to healthful choices.

This handshake between South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Microsoft founder Bill Gates sparked debate over whether the American — who kept his left hand in his pocket — had been rude. Other photos clearly show Gates' hand in his pocket.0

Bill Gates' Handshake With South Korea's Park Sparks Debate

Microsoft founder Bill Gates met with South Korean President Park Geun-hye Monday, to discuss nuclear energy and other topics. But the handshake they shared created the biggest stir in Korean society, after Gates greeted Park with a smile — and his left hand jammed into his pants pocket.

Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, and fellow GOP senators accused the Obama administration of creating a "manufactured crisis" by furloughing FAA air traffic controllers and causing delayed flights.

Budget Cuts Delay Flights But Not Fingerpointing

Blame shifting was in high gear Tuesday on Capitol Hill and at the White House as the first air traffic delays tied to the furloughs of Federal Aviation Administration controllers began to get attention.

Death Toll In West, Texas, Fertilizer Explosion Rises To 15

The number of people who died in a fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, last week now stands at 15, officials said Tuesday. They also ruled out natural causes as a potential spark for last Wednesday's fire.

Missouri farmer Gary Riedel says wet weather will put him about a month behind last year's planting.

For Corn, Fickle Weather Makes For Uncertain Yields

Corn production was down last year thanks to drought. This year, conditions are too cold and wet for farmers to plant the crop. Without a break in the clouds pretty soon, there may be another shortage of the crop at harvest time.

Egypt's popular TV satirist Bassem Youssef is surrounded by media and activists as he arrives at the high court in Cairo, Egypt, on March 31.

Egypt's Jon Stewart Says He Won't Back Down Amid Charges

Bassem Youssef, the wildly popular host of an Egyptian political satire TV show, pokes fun at Egypt's president, Islamists and others. But he's now facing a slew of legal suits accusing him of everything from insulting the president to apostasy. His legal troubles are in many ways a test case for freedom of speech in the new Egypt.

Luis Fernando Vasquez has been a coffee farmer in the central valley of Costa Rica his entire life.

Coffee For A Cause: What Do Those Feel-Good Labels Deliver?

It doesn't take much effort to find bags of coffee with labels that promise social and environmental improvements. But each one of these certification programs promises something different for the farmer and the land — and every promise involves some compromises.

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