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President Obama walks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Sept. 6, 2013. Relations between the two allies are strained after documents leaked by Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor, suggested the agency had spied on Merkel and other world leaders.

Germany's Merkel To Visit U.S. Amid Anger Over NSA Spying

The trip would mark a thawing of relations between the allies that were strained by reports the National Security Agency spied on the German chancellor. A German government spokesman said Wednesday Angela Merkel would visit Washington in the coming months.

Shelagh Gordon died suddenly at 55 in February, 2012, leaving an ordinary but magical life. (Courtesy)

A Look At One Ordinary, Beautiful Life

Reporters at the Toronto Star wondered: Is it possible to capture the life of a person you've never met through the stories of their friends and family... after their death?

Voters wait to cast ballots at a school in New York City on Nov. 6.

Gallup: Record Number Of Americans Identify As Independents

The uptick reflects a trend in recent years toward eschewing party labels. It's a shift that's hurt the GOP more than the Democratic Party.

Looking for work in Florida. At a November career fair in West Palm Beach, this man had a job application in hand.

More Slow-But-Steady News: Fewer Jobless Claims Filed

It's the last bit of employment news before Friday's report about job growth and the jobless rate in December. Economists expect to hear that the unemployment rate stayed at 7 percent and that 195,000 jobs were added to payrolls.

Listener Thoughts On Laser Beam Headlights

In an interview earlier this week about auto innovations at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, one thing drew some strong listener reaction: laser beam headlights from Audi.

At the Australian Bat Clinic in Queensland, 15 baby flying foxes (bats) were lined up and ready to be fed Thursday. They were brought there to get out of the extreme heat, which has killed hundreds of thousands of bats.

While U.S. Shivers, Australia And Brazil Sizzle

While it's been extremely cold in the U.S., it's been extremely hot in some parts of the Southern Hemisphere. So hot, in fact, that bats are dropping out of trees Down Under.

Indulge or resist? Sugar cravings can be a serious challenge.

Is Sugar Addiction Why So Many January Diets Fail?

Over the last few years, scientists who study the way food influences our brains and bodies have been moving toward a consensus that sugar is addictive. We've rounded up their tips on how to conquer cravings for one of nature's most pleasurable substances.

HealthCare.gov's failures are prompting a closer look at the federal government's out-of-date technology.

Government Tech Problems: Blame The People Or The Process?

Contractors say blame bad project management inside government for multimillion-dollar tech failures like HealthCare.gov. Procurement reformists say it's not fair to "blame the client."

<strong>Live, from the moon, it's the space weather report:</strong> Data from a lunar orbiter is being used to create a music stream that reflects conditions in space. Here, an image created by NASA "visualizers" who used data from 2010 to show the moon traveling across the sun, as happens two or three times a year.

Space Music: How To Hear Solar Flares From The Moon

Space weather can be heard, in a sense, by tuning in to CRaTER Radio, a "sonification" project that uses data from a NASA lunar orbiter to generate musical sounds. The results are then streamed onto the Internet.

Cubans peer into the windows of a car dealer in Havana on Jan. 3. Cubans were astonished by a $250,000 Peugeot family sedan and other prices when the government lifted its 50-year restrictions on new and used car sales.

Cuba, Land Of The $250,000 Family Sedan

For the first time in five decades, the Cuban government has begun selling new and used vehicles to anyone who can afford them. But with used Volkswagen Passats priced at $70,000 and a 2013 Peugeot sedan priced at $250,000, it's pretty clear the Castro government doesn't really want to sell them. Why?

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