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  • GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann wrapped up her bus tour of Iowa's 99 counties Thursday. She's been on the road for most of the last two weeks in a final push to generate support before Tuesday's caucuses.
  • Mitt Romney's campaign has a new TV ad meant to counter attacks on his career at private-equity firm Bain Capital, using the same defense it has ever since his rivals for the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination started taking populist jabs at him.
  • Apple has been taking a lot of heat lately for working conditions at plants making its products in China. Some of the tech giant's largest suppliers are repeat offenders.
  • In the past, bus tours were a big headache for the Secret Service. The process started with a commercial tour bus and a renovation process that put the old TV show Pimp My Ride to shame. This year the Secret Service finally decided to build two specialized buses from the ground up.
  • The Captain Morgan technique was used by doctors fix hip dislocation in 12 patients, according to a study. The captain's pose turns out to be a good way for doctors to apply force to the hip without having to crawl up on the patient's gurney.
  • By Joyce Gramzahttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wrvo/local-wrvo-929589.mp3Syracuse, NY – What It Means To Be Green in Central New YorkA…
  • The currency of Switzerland has soared to record highs against the U.S. dollar and the euro. Investors have rushed to buy Swiss francs, seeing them as a safe haven. And that has the Swiss government worried, as a stronger franc also makes exports more expensive.
  • Former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer, a onetime Republican candidate for president, is now seeking the nomination of both the Reform Party and Americans Elect, a new online political effort.
  • In the political equivalent of what happens in battle when the enemy's captured artillery piece is turned around and the opponent's own shells are fired back at them, Democrats decided to take ownership of a word they once seemed to avoid at all costs. The shift has been occurring for weeks if not months. But it became particularly noticeable around the law's second anniversary on March 23.
  • In our new feature about songs that conjure up chilly days and frigid nights, novelist Ann Patchett talks about a song that helped her cope with her parents' divorce, and with moving to a strange new place.
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