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  • Flying Plates Learn To Catch Flying Poles In Switzerland
    Normally a plate can't get a job at the circus. It's just a plate. But here's a plate that can swoop through the air, catch a flying pole, and balance it upright, midair! In other words, a circus-worthy plate. Artificial Intelligence is the science of making dumb things do smart-looking stuff.
  • Aretha Franklin became a star on the Atlantic record label after leaving Columbia.
    'Fresh Air' On Aretha Franklin's Columbia Years
    Before Franklin's Atlantic Records hits, she recorded for Columbia. In those early recordings you can hear the legend just beginning to emerge.
  • A waiter carries beer mugs during the 2012 Oktoberfest in Munich.
    Germans Are Drinking Less Beer These Days, But Why?
    Despite Germany's long association with beer, it looks like its citizens are imbibing less of their celebrated beverage now than they did a generation ago. Some cite the economy as a factor; others, the rise of health consciousness.
  • New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks to the media outside the White House after meeting with Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday to discuss the administration's proposals to reduce gun violence.
    For Bloomberg, Guns (Like Big Sodas) Are A Health Issue
    The victory of the candidate backed by Michael Bloomberg's anti-gun superPAC in an Illinois primary was more than just another achievement on the gun control front. It was one more win in Bloomberg's unique assault on what he views as the public health problems of our time.
  • A final blessing: Pope Benedict XVI as he blessed those gathered outside his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo on Thursday. He's not expected to make any more public appearances.
    Benedict's Time Is Over; He's No Longer The Pope
    The first pope in about 600 years to voluntarily step down is headed to a life out of the public's eye. Now, the church's cardinals turn to the task of selecting a successor.
  • Jazz clarinetist Ben Goldberg has released two new albums for different quintets.
    Ben Goldberg's Variations: Two New Albums From A San Francisco Jazz Staple
    Known for his work in New Klezmer Trio, clarinetist Ben Goldberg has just released two new albums for different quintets: Subatomic Particle Homesick Blues and Unfold Ordinary Mind.
  • Raul Castro Says New 5-Year Term Will Be His Last
    Cuban President Raul Castro has been named to a new five-year term but says this will be his last. Parliament has named as his vice president 52-year-old Miguel Diaz-Canel, the highest-ranking official who was not part of the 1959 revolution.
  • A new outpost for The Cheesecake Factory in Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
    Cheesecake Factory, IBM Team Up To Crack The Code Of Customer Bliss
    The restaurant chain hopes a new system for analyzing big data sets will help it spot patterns of complaints across its more than 170 outlets in a matter of hours, not weeks. The goal: to spot problems small and big (soggy pickles? foodborne illness?) before they balloon.
  • North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un, seated next to former NBA star Dennis Rodman (in black cap), at a basketball game Thursday in Pyongyang.
    'I Love Him,' Dennis Rodman Says Of North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un
    The former NBA star known as "The Worm" visited the Stalinist state to be part of an HBO series exploring cultures around the world.
  • A natural gas drilling rig just east of downtown Fort Worth, Texas. A new decade-long study finds the region's Barnett Shale formation has sufficient gas reserves to last another 25 years.
    Texas Study Points To A Longer Natural Gas Boom
    A new study of the Barnett Shale formation in Texas shows that the natural gas reservoir there will last for at least another two decades. "Turns out, what we learned is that there's a lot of good rock left to drill," says geology professor Scott Tinker, the study's author.
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