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At first blush, the trial looks like it might do little to deter politicians from getting money from supporters and, with some sleight of hand, spend it on practically anything. While the verdict was clearly a loss for prosecutors, analysts believe it wasn't a total loss for campaign finance law.

After more than a decade of coordinating coastal concerns of five Gulf states, the America’s Wetland Foundation is looking north. The group will be…

Many a woman has been the songwriter's muse, but Jonathan Coulton is not one for convention. Our resident rockstar gender-bends some famous tunes when he replaces the woman's titular name with that of a man. Just walk away, Steve!

Pianist and singer Barbara Carroll was host Marian McPartland's second guest during the first season of Piano Jazz. Thirty years later, Carroll makes a return appearance to reminisce with her friend about their experiences at the Hickory House and the Oak Room. Carroll gives a charming performance of "Very Early" and McPartland improvises a musical portrait of her guest.

The blood of horseshoe crabs is bright blue, not red like ours. The "jack-of-all-trades" creatures are built to last, and the blood can do amazing things. That makes it incredibly valuable to drug companies and researchers.

Anne Hathaway's performance of "I Dreamed A Dream" takes center stage in the musical's first trailer.

A Boston chef and a composer recently experimented with opera to help create a new language to describe food and explore the intricate relationship between the two. In this case, pass the asparagus. Next time, it might be squash.

Eat, Pray, Love author Elizabeth Gilbert has a new fascination: genius and how we ruin it. In this TEDTalk, Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses — and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person "being" a genius, all of us "have" a genius.

The polarizing singer discusses her Saturday Night Livevisit and performs songs from Born to Die.

Mitt Romney gets enough delegates, in some counts, to go over the top in his bid for the GOP nomination. But his celebration is upstaged by Donald Trump. Plus: The Texas GOP goes into overtime to find a Senate nominee, Rep. Thad McCotter plans a write-in campaign, and a look ahead to Wisconsin.