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  • Bo Xilai's High-Profile Trial Gets Underway In China
    Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai is on trial — accused of accepting bribes, corruption and abuse of power. Once a powerful Communist Party boss, Bo became the most senior leader to fall from power in years after revelations emerged that his wife had killed a British businessman.
  • Closing Arguments Begin Thursday In Fort Hood Shooting Trial
    The court martial of Army Major Nidal Hasan is heading into its final phases at Fort Hood in Texas. Hasan has elected to offer no defense. Closing arguments begin Thursday morning, and then the case is set to go to the jury. Hasan faces the death penalty, accused of massacring 13 people and shooting 32 others.
  • Madrid Creates 'Acoustic Protection Zone'
    In downtown Madrid, music floats through the air — amateur musicians playing for money. But many are not that good. To shield residents from mediocre musicianship, the city created an "acoustic protection zone." Buskers who wish to perform will be talent tested.
  • Dan Casey
    Hear Dan Casey's Restless Mind At Work On 'Empty City'
    Listen to Dan Casey's debut single, "Empty City", a sonic dreamscape culled from his restless imagination. A song self-described as "thinking about the universe, trying to fall asleep."
  • Flip It And Reverse It
    Take a cue from Missy Elliott's "Work it," — flip and reverse the order of the words these titles.
  • Kesennuma, in the Tohoku region of Japan, was devastated in a March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. A researcher studying recent mega-quakes says this one, centered some 300 miles from Tokyo, could actually mean an increased risk of a quake hitting Japan's capital, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world.
    Can A Big Earthquake Trigger Another One?
    A new scientific report claims that a powerful quake can, in effect, be contagious. The finding could have important implications for hazard planning in earthquake zones.
  • Security forces and medics wheel a stretcher transporting former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak from a military helicopter into an ambulance at a Cairo military hospital after his release from prison Thursday.
    Mubarak's Release From Prison Cuts Across Egypt's Divisions
    Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was released from prison on Thursday. He is under house arrest at a military hospital in Cairo. Mubarak could go back to prison if he's convicted in the deaths of protesters during the 2011 uprising against him.
  • Nasdaq Glitch Is The Latest Technical Snafus For Markets
    New questions are being raised about the reliability of U.S. financial markets after all trading in Nasdaq stocks was shut down for three hours on Thursday. Nasdaq blamed the problem on its system for quoting prices. The trading halt immediately led to calls for markets to make their software systems more robust and compatible.
  • The audience listens as President Obama speaks at Scranton High School in Scranton, Pa., on Nov. 30, 2011.
    For Democrats, Scranton Is The New 'It' City
    Obama and Biden will be making yet another visit to Scranton on Friday. The northeastern Pennsylvania city has become a must-stop for politicians trying to connect with working-class voters.
  • The detention camp at the U.S. military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
    Book News: Guantanamo Reading Material Spurs More Controversy
    Also: Harrison Ford was Joan Didion's carpenter; Aziz Ansari has a book deal.
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