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Footnote is set in Jerusalem's Hebrew University and deals with the implacable rivalry between two scholars of the Talmud, the complex and sacred text of the Jewish religious tradition. These competitive scholars, the misanthropic Eliezer and the gregarious Uriel, also just happen to be father and son.

Saying "it's time we know the whole truth" about the so-called Fast and Furious gun trafficking operation, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today followed through on his promise to issue the subpoenas.

The capital city plans to thicken the ice on one of its rivers in the winter, which they hope will keep them cool in the summer.

The Federal Communications Commission wants AT&T to prove the merger would be "in the public interest."

But the credit rating agency warned that if the country doesn't curb its debt, it could face a downgrade.

The ambassador says he didn't write a memo appealing to the U.S. for help in controlling Pakistan's powerful military. But the scandal has led to him stepping down.

Lyle Lovett, Hayes Carll, Patty Griffin and more pay tribute to Clark on a new double album.

A poll found the Comedy Central star Stephen Colbert, who wanted to be on his home state's ballot, would beat Jon Huntsman by one point.

"Iran is so strong," Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee tells NPR, and "the consequences would be devastating for [Israel] and maybe for whoever helped them. ... There are wise enough people around the world to tell them not to do such a crazy thing."

For more than an hour after the attack, they found no survivors, said Hamza Oumar, a Syrian activist.