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Political strategists on both sides of the isle are working to get the progressive rock band Yes into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

According to The New York Times, the National Security Agency is watching emails and other text communications that go in and out of the country. It's looking for key words. The agency says it only gathers information it is authorized to collect.

The bacteria that cause many cases of ear infection in kids and pneumonia in the elderly are usually harmless until activated by distress signals from their human host. When the flu or another virus gives you a fever, for example, mild-mannered pneumococcus can turn nasty.

Yes, they're slimy and squishy and move on their own mucus, but here's a little secret about snails: They have teeth. Lots and lots and lots of teeth. The snail in our story had 2,640 of them, until they fell out. But not to worry. They grow back.

When you hear the phrase, "I need a Band-Aid immediately!" is your instinct to reply, "Actually, it's called an 'adhesive bandage,' Band-Aid is a brand'? Host Ophira Eisenberg offers the generic name and description of a particular product, and you must name the specific trademarked name that commonly describes it.

Hear the Cornell University Professor of Applied Mathematics talk about the importance of learning math, as well as his new book, The Joy of X. Plus, the math whiz takes on a quiz inspired by the game "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon."

The number of people without jobs in Europe fell for the first time in more than two years in June, but the overall unemployment rate of 12.1 percent is still a record high.

Everybody likes free. But consider a cautionary tale about free doughnuts and the Red Cross.

Inspired by a real-life Belgian tragedy, Our Childrencenters on a manipulative father who has made his family prisoners to a kind of domineering benevolence. (Recommended)

Jessica Harris talks to Bre Pettis, founder of MakerBot Industries. Harris also speaks with Fred Swaniker, co-founder and CEO of African Leadership Academy.