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One is a contender for a prestigious science prize, and the other is headed to prison for his involvement in a shooting. Michel Martin asks what communities can do to help struggling young people make good choices.

Getting hot and sweaty makes it hard for many people to keep exercising. A new study found that chilling people's palms while exercising helped them keep going.

Dallas Seavey slid into Nome, Alaska, at 7:29 p.m. Tuesday with nine dogs, finishing the race in nine days, four hours, 29 minutes and 26 seconds.

The Secretary of Defense was not hurt in the incident.

The cooking show, which will have its semi-finals next week, pits Indian chefs against Pakistani chefs. It exploits the long rivalry between the two countries — something that has rarely been a joking matter.

Egypt's Cleopatra was called "Serpent of the Nile," and England's Mary Tudor, was called "Bloody Mary." Editor Shirin Yim Bridges asks whether these names were fair in the tween book series, The Thinking Girl's Treasury of Dastardly Dames.

The American and British leaders reaffirmed their commitment to gradually withdrawing most forces by the end of 2014.

For many fourth-year medical students, the future arrives, sealed in an envelope, during the third week of March. On what's known as Match Day, med students find out where they'll spend their residencies. It's a nerve-wracking wait that has played out on med school campuses since 1952.

President Bashar Assad and his opposition continue to crack down on rebels in Syria. U.N. envoy Kofi Annan met with Assad to try to broker a cease fire, but failed. The U.N. Security Council is drafting another resolution to support the Arab League request to have Assad step down from power.

The disgraced former Illinois governor didn't apologize. Instead, he said he was "on the right side of the law."