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With the Dow Jones industrial average hitting record highs, we take a look at the stock market 50 years ago today, as news broke that President Kennedy had been shot.

The only other Muffet we've ever met is the Little Miss, so we've invited McGraw — women's basketball coach at University of Notre Dame — to play a game called "So what exactly is a tuffet anyway?" Three questions about nursery rhymes and children's songs.

In England, Thanksgiving sometimes calls for innovation.

Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s 2014 city budget proposal is complete and ready for City Council review, but there is still one big question mark.The goal of the…

The nation's largest and oldest civil rights group makes the temporary appointment after Benjamin Jealous announced his resignation as president and CEO.

Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO of Acumen Fund, shares stories of how "patient capitalism" can bring sustainable jobs, goods, services and dignity to the world's poor.

Human Rights Watch says neighborhoods in the capital, Damascus, and the city of Hama were targeted by the government because they were opposition strongholds.

The contractors who designed and implemented the glitch-prone federal health insurance exchanges are telling members of Congress that HealthCare.gov is now working well.

U.S. Memory Champion Joshua Foer shows how anyone can learn amazing feats of memory, including him.

Speaking at the White House on Tuesday, President Obama offered words of comfort and federal resources to Moore, Okla., where a tornado hit Monday. At last count, 24 people were confirmed killed; the number was expected to rise.