October 14, 2013 - 10:00am
For 29 years, Alcatraz — the notorious prison off the coast of San Francisco — housed some of the nation's worst criminals: Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, Birdman Robert Stroud. Today, 50 years after it closed, it's a museum. And earlier this year, the National Park Service gave Bill Baker,...
October 14, 2013 - 10:00am
Scientists who study why species vanish are increasingly looking for ancient DNA. They find it easily enough in the movies; remember the mosquito blood in Jurassic Park that contained dinosaur DNA from the bug's last bite? But in real life, scientists haven't turned up multi-million-year-old DNA in any useable form...
October 14, 2013 - 10:00am
Nowhere is the temptation to use technology to monitor a child greater than when that child is learning to drive. Auto accidents are still the leading cause of death among teens in the U.S. And while fatalities are dropping, giving a teen the keys to a car is still one...
October 14, 2013 - 10:00am
Tuesday in Geneva, negotiators from six nations will sit down to talks with Iran over that country's nuclear program. At the heart of the negotiations are Iran's centrifuges: machines that can be used to enrich uranium for use in nuclear power plants, or for use in a bomb. This double...
October 14, 2013 - 9:59am
A man who is suspected of being a notorious pirate in Somalia has been arrested in Belgium, after an apparent sting operation that included a ruse that investigators were making a film. The pirate nicknamed "Big Mouth" is believed to have made millions in ransom money by hijacking ships off...
October 14, 2013 - 9:36am
In West Michigan, it's apple harvest time. That may conjure up images of picturesque orchards and old-fashioned fun: growers harvesting apples and then selecting them by hand. Think again. Robotic arms, computer vision and high-resolution photography are helping Michigan growers wash, sort and package apples at top speeds in the...
October 14, 2013 - 8:47am
The late Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke, infamous for his role in crimes that included a massacre in Italy, is proving to be difficult to bury, after church and government officials in Rome blocked his funeral there. Authorities in Germany and Argentina have also rejected the idea of becoming the...
October 14, 2013 - 7:38am
As a bilateral security agreement between the U.S. and Afghanistan begins an approval process, the Taliban's leader urged Afghans to reject the deal, calling it a colonial arrangement with elements of slavery. The message came in an email on the eve of the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday. In it, Mullah...
October 14, 2013 - 7:00am
It's no exaggeration to call Bill Monroe one of the most influential and important musicians America has ever produced. He's the undisputed father of bluegrass music: The style itself was created by and named for his band, The Blue Grass Boys, in the late '40s. Along with Lester Flatt, Earl...
October 14, 2013 - 6:40am
Two weeks into October, and the pressure really starts getting to your head. What am I going to be for Halloween? Did you set the bar too high last year with your Binders Full Of Women costume? Or maybe you're determined to NOT have the same getup as five other...
