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Colorado wrestles with how to keep edible marijuana away from kidsA new law extends the same packaging requirements to medical marijuana products as exist for recreational pot, but critics say it's still hard for kids to tell if a gummy bear is pot-infused.
Fred Phelps legacy: Should Westboro Baptist founder be picketed?With reports that Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps is near death, some gay-rights advocates are conflicted. In the end, they say, his actions actually helped their cause.
Could Westboro Baptist Church survive without founder Fred Phelps?Westboro Baptist Church, which pickets military funerals to preach against homosexuality, has excommunicated ailing founder Fred Phelps, according to reports.
St. Patrick's Day shenanigans to feature blarney, malarkey, say hooligansWhy do so many Irish names have negative connotations?
Cover StoryWhy African-Americans are moving back to the SouthAfter decades of moving north, thousands of blacks are returning to their Southern roots for economic and cultural reasons.
- N.J. judge cites women's rights in barring unwed dad from child's birth
Patients alone get to decide who is at their bedsides, a New Jersey judge has ruled. Fathers have no court-established right to be in delivery rooms – or even be notified – when their children are born, he said.
'Cosmos': Can Fox reboot shine amid 'billions and billions' of options?'Cosmos,' the Fox remake of Carl Sagan's classic PBS series, 'Cosmos, A Personal Journey,' was seen by 8.5 million viewers across 10 channels on Sunday, according to early reports.
Best predictor of divorce? Age when couples cohabit, study says.A new study suggests the age when couples start cohabiting – whether married or unmarried – correlates with divorce rates, adding new nuance to studies about cohabitation and marriage.
Where Oscars flopped: Bid to live stream the show online broke downABC promised online viewers a live stream of the Oscars telecast Sunday, but a 'traffic overload' crashed the Internet broadcast for most of the show, generating some angry Tweets.
Oscars 2014: Why '12 Years a Slave,' 'Gravity' both won bigAt the Oscars Sunday, 'Gravity' took home the most awards, seven, but Best Picture went to '12 Years a Slave.' That could reflect different values that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences wants to recognize.
2014 Academy Awards: Why Hollywood is taking a walk on the dark sideFrom 'American Hustle' to the 'Wolf of Wall Street,' nearly all of Hollywood's top films this year are based on real events and cater to Americans' cynicism about society, at a time when heroes are in short supply.
Progress WatchFewer are behaving badly at work, survey finds. What changed?Observed misconduct in US workplaces is at its lowest point in almost two decades, an achievement that appears to be related to companies’ increasing investment in ethics and compliance initiatives.
Cover StoryHow colleges are finding tomorrow's prodigiesAmerican universities are using online courses to discover gifted students in math, science, and the arts. Meet three phenoms from the far corners of the world.
Income inequality: Among US cities, bigger ones are more unequalSome of America's biggest and most economically vibrant cities, including Boston and New York, are also the most unequal, according to a new report on income inequality from the Brookings Institution.
Pentecostal denominations move toward racial reconciliationReconciliation has begun to emerge among the historically segregated sects of modern American Pentecostalism – the branch of Evangelical Protestantism known for exuberant forms of worship and ecstatic speaking in tongues.
- 1960s plus 50: How well do you know the tumultuous decade? Take the quiz!
From civil rights to the space program, and women's liberation to Woodstock, the 1960s brought revolutionary change to science, music, politics, and norms of behavior in the United States. How much do you know (or remember) of the tumultuous decade?
Jimmy Fallon takes over 'Tonight Show.' Will viewers show patience?Jimmy Fallon will have to earn his 'Tonight Show' audience in a competitive late-night market, say experts. Mixed reviews of first show notwithstanding, there are signs he can succeed.
Islam: Five pillars explainedA brief primer on Islam's fundamental tenets.
Islam in the US – A brief history
Cover StoryIslam, the American wayIslam in America: A new generation of Muslim Americans separate what is cultural, what is religious, and what is American, finding that the 'straight path' isn't the same path for all.
