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  • French stilt dancers from Landes, in southwestern France, walk through London on their way to the 1937 Silver Jubilee Festival of the English Folk Dance and Song Society.
    A Bird's-Eye History Of Walking On Stilts
    In 1411, the count of Namur banned the use of stilts in the Belgian city. Over the past 600 years, the elevated footwear has been used for everything from putting up drywall to fishing and even jousting.
  • Students hoping for a repeal of California's ban on affirmative action in college admissions protest outside of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Feb. 13. The Supreme Court will decide an affirmative action case next fall that could affect college admissions policies across the country.
    Case Renews Focus On Race In College Admissions
    The Supreme Court will take up the issue of racial preferences in college admissions next fall, and some fear the decision will leave universities with fewer options for increasing diversity on campus. Others say affirmative action is a crutch that is long past due for replacement.
  • NPR Promotes Two Executives To Key Posts
    Kinsey Wilson, an NPR senior vice president and general manager of NPR Digital Media, is becoming executive vice president and chief content officer. Margaret Low Smith, who has been acting senior vice president for news, is continuing in that role.
  • Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in December. In the past year, banks in New York and around the country have announced tens of thousands of job cuts, as there isn't the same need for some financial services as before.
    Layoffs Hit Wall Street As Financial Needs Change
    Big banks announced around 60,000 job cuts in 2011. With businesses and consumers still focused on reducing debt, there isn't the same need for financial services as there was before, says one banking analyst. The outlook in the years ahead is for a smaller, more stable and less profitable industry.
  • Video taken from Syrian TV purportedly shows government forces taking up position during clashes with rebels Wednesday in the Al-Midan district of Damascus.
    Has Syria Reached A Tipping Point?
    Wednesday's bombing in Damascus, which killed several senior figures in President Bashar Assad's inner circle, also shattered the notion that he and his government still have firm control of the capital.
  • Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during a news conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Saturday (March 5, 2012).
    Clinton Hopes To Soon Welcome Chinese Activist Chen To The U.S.
    The secretary of state isn't putting a timetable on when he will be allowed to leave China, but says progress is being made on the high-profile case.
  • Egyptian protesters chant slogans against the country's military ruling council and presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt on Thursday.
    Now In A Political Crisis, What's Next For Egypt?
    A ruling by the country's high court threw the country into disarray, days before a historic presidential election.
  • Question: Which one of these glasses contains the most liquid? Answer: None. Each of them contains 4 oz. of iced tea.
    Want To Control Your Alcohol Intake? Ask For A Different Glass
    The shape of the glass can fool a drinker into drinking more alcohol, but not so with soft drinks. New research shows that people were better able to calculate the halfway point of their beers in a straight glass.
  • Former President Bill Clinton speaks Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention.
    Wonky Clinton Wows Convention In Muscular Obama Sales Pitch
    Former President Bill Clinton packed his speech with policy and numbers, folksy asides accentuated with an Arkansas drawl, and a full-on attempt to rebut messages out of the GOP convention. While it's too early to call the former president Obama's closer, he came about as close as it gets.
  • McDonald's plans to delay the return of the seasonal McRib sandwich in the hopes it can help boost late winter sales.
    McRib Fans May Have To Wait Till Christmas For Their Sandwich Fix
    Fans complain as McDonald's delays this year's pork-a-licious McRib sandwich to boost an anticipated slump in winter sales. The sandwich is a food engineering marvel of pork trimmings pressed into a boneless rib shape, topped with pickles and barbecue sauce, sandwiched on a bun.
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