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With all forms of federal spending under the microscope, spending on scientific research, technology development, and science education is facing deep cuts. In an editorial in the journal Science Congressman Rush Holt argues for keeping research and development as a key part of the federal budget.

A Davis-Monthan Air Force spokesman said the base was investigating "a potential security situation."

When Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez fired 20,000 striking oil workers, many went to other countries. Venezuela's loss has been Colombia's gain: Production there has risen from 500,000 barrels a day in 2005 to nearly 1 million barrels today.

Sales of the ubiquitous Ford Crown Victoria jumped 140 percent in August before its factory closed this week. At one body shop in Chicago that's open 20 hours a day fixing mostly Crown Vics, one cab driver explains the appeal of the car and its siblings: "It's very strong. Even if you get [in an] accident, you are safe every time."

The cyberguerrilla group known for high-profile computer attacks on corporate and government targets is asking followers to put down their keyboards this weekend for a flesh-and-blood protest on Wall Street. But turning "hacktivism" to activism may prove difficult.

Experts say illegal revenge attacks on computer networks, such as those carried out by the "hacktivist" group Anonymous, are less difficult to pull off because of the easy availability of website-crippling tools.

An editorial published in the Archives of Internal Medicine says there's a troubling shortfall in the evidence to support the use of narcotics like Oxycontin for long-term treatment of pain. And, there's ample evidence of harm.

MSNBC's newest opinion host is the Rev. Al Sharpton, a figure much better known for a past in which he cast more heat than light. With his new job, Sharpton is now on his third act in public life: from a civil rights activist to a player in the Democratic Party to, now, a cable talk show host.

Some cab drivers have complained that some ads — such as those for strip clubs — tested their religious and ethical beliefs.

In the early 1990s, director Cameron Crowe went out to Seattle just as the band was starting out. What followed is chronicled in Crowe's new documentary, Pearl Jam 20. Crowe and longtime band manager Kelly Curtis talk about what has kept the grunge godfathers kicking for so long.