May 18th @ 1:43 PM GMT (1.5 hr ago)
AP The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and i (U.S. News)
May 18th @ 1:11 PM GMT (2 hr ago)
CBS News Metro-North Railroad collision that sent dozens to the hospital, severely damaged tracks under investigation (U.S. News)
May 18th @ 12:32 PM GMT (2.7 hr ago)
CBS News Online dropbox coded by the late Aaron Swartz aims to provide place where people can anonymously send information to magazine (U.S. News)
May 18th @ 12:01 PM GMT (3.2 hr ago)
Yahoo! Officials in Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's office say the governor will meet with representatives from the National Transportation Safety Board and Connecticut's two U.S. senators at the site of a Metro-North Railroad crash that injured 70 people. (U.S. News)
May 18th @ 12:00 PM GMT (3.2 hr ago)
NPR University of New Hampshire professor Yitang Zhang announced this week that he has come close to solving a centuries-old problem: proving the twin prime conjecture. Host Scott Simon gets an explanation from <em>Weekend Edition</em> Math Guy Keith Devlin of Stanford University. (U.S. News)
May 18th @ 12:00 PM GMT (3.2 hr ago)
NPR This week, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended lowering the legal limit of blood alcohol content for drivers to .05 or even lower. Currently, it's illegal to drive in all states with a BAC of .08 or higher. Host Scott Simon speaks with Dr. Anthony Liguori of Wake Forest School of Medicine about alcohol's impact on driving ability. (U.S. News)
May 18th @ 12:00 PM GMT (3.2 hr ago)
NPR NPR's Scott Simon talks to Connie Schultz, former columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for the <em>Cleveland Plain Dealer</em>. Starting this summer, the paper's owners will be reducing home delivery to three days a week and making huge cuts in the newsroom staff. (U.S. News)
May 18th @ 10:05 AM GMT (5.1 hr ago)
May 18th @ 9:13 AM GMT (6 hr ago)
NPR The bipartisan immigration overhaul proposed by the Senate's Gang of Eight has been the target of scores of amendments. So far, the bill has largely held its own, but its prospects for getting through Congress are uncertain. (U.S. News)
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