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  • Mount Sinai Medical student Demetri Blanas wants to specialize in family medicine. It is a new specialty offered by his medical school.
    The Next Frontier For Elite Med Schools: Primary Care
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine is adding a Department of Family Medicine. It is now one of the only top medical schools to offer family medicine as a specialty for its students.
  • In this satellite image provided Friday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Hurricane Sandy's huge cloud extent of up to 2,000 miles churns over the Bahamas, as a line of clouds associated with a powerful cold front approaches the East Coast of the U.S.
    A Hurricane Once More, Sandy Defies The Rules
    It's still unclear whether Sandy, which was both downgraded then upgraded early Saturday morning, will be a devastating storm or just a bad one. It is clear, however, that Sandy will be remembered as the storm that broke all the rules and baffled the nation's top weather forecasters.
  • A South Korean man watches TV news about the dismissal of Jang Song-Thaek, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's uncle, at a railway station in Seoul on December 3.
    Ouster Of North Korea's Jang Noted With Unease In China
    Jang Song Thaek was China's prime contact in North Korea and considered a sort of regent for the young leader, Kim Jong Un.
  • Tech Innovator And Master Of Maps Dies At 80
    Roger Tomlinson, the man widely regarded as the father of GIS — Geographic Information Systems — has died at age 80. Tomlinson's 1960s innovation, using computer software to overlay different types of maps on top of one another, revolutionized industry and government.
  • Most people associate the Nile with Egypt, but the river also flows through South Sudan, where much of it is bordered by jungle. That makes it a excellent destination for rafting and wildlife enthusiasts, says travel guide author Max Lovell-Hoare.
    For The Ultimate Getaway, Why Not South Sudan?
    You may not find South Sudan at the top of most dream destination lists, but the authors of a new travel guide say the young country, long isolated by a violent civil war, has much to offer tourists in search of wildlife, culture and natural beauty.
  • This image from the FBI website shows Abu Anas al-Libi, who was captured in a U.S. operation on Saturday in Libya.
    U.S. Raids In Libya And Somalia Target Al-Qaida Network
    Al-Qaida operative Abu Anas al-Libi reportedly was snatched from a street in Libya, while a U.S. Navy SEAL team in Somalia met stiff resistance; it's not yet clear whether their target — a top al-Shabab leader — was killed.
  • The National Security Agency headquarters at Fort Meade, Md. The agency has been trying to build a quantum computer, <em>The Washington Post</em> reports — but that news doesn't surprise experts in the field.
    The NSA's Quantum Code-Breaking Research Is No Secret
    So the world's most clandestine spy agency is working on something called a quantum computer. It's based on rules Einstein himself described as "spooky," and it can crack almost any code. That's got to be top-secret stuff, right? Guess again.
  • One of two winning tickets in last month's $648 million Mega Millions jackpot was sold here, at Jenny's Gift Shop in San Jose. The guy who bought it didn't realize what he had for nearly two weeks.
    How One Man Won $324M And Didn't Realize It For 2 Weeks
    Steve Tran of Northern California had a big winner sitting on top of a drawer and didn't know it. When he finally got around to checking the ticket, though, he realized his life had changed.
  • Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was the No. 4 philanthropist in 2013, <em>The Chronicle of Philanthropy</em> reported.
    A Helping Hand To High Achievers
    Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will invest $10 million over two years to help top students from poor families into college.
  • This may seems like a great campus amenity, until you get melanoma.
    Campuses Play Host To Tanning Beds, Despite Skin Cancer Risk
    The links between tanning beds and skin cancer are well known, but a survey of the top colleges and universities in the U.S. shows that many allow tanning beds on campus.
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