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Many charitable groups across the region collect donations at traffic lights. But, Lexington’s prohibition of such fundraisers will continue. The…

Microsoft is paying a premium to acquire Internet phone company Skype. Skype still isn't profitable, but Microsoft announced Tuesday that it will pay $8.5 billion in cash to make Skype its own. Did Microsoft overpay? And how does it plan to make money on Skype?

President Obama spoke on immigration policy in El Paso, Texas. Obama tried to reboot his effort to overhaul the immigration system. The president called on Congress to try again to pass a bill that would make the border more secure and also provide a path to citizenship for undocumented workers. Melissa Block talks to NPR's Mara Liasson for more.

The last ice age may have ended a while ago, but some of its effects are still being felt in Maine. Dozens of tiny earthquakes recently rattled part of the coast along this otherwise geologically quiet state. Melissa Blocks talks with Robert Marvinney, director of the Maine Geological Survey.

Browns Ferry nuclear plant near Athens, Ala. will be under greater inspection and oversight from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Last August, the U.S. government suspended adoptions from Nepal because it was concerned about fraud in Nepal's adoption system. The change left 66 American families in limbo. Since then, all but one of the families have been granted visas for their adopted Nepali children. But now some question: Where is the fraud?

Infertility treatment is prohibitively expensive for many. Some couples take out a second mortgage, cash in their 401(k) or run up credit cards to pay for it. In Virginia, one nonprofit organization is providing financial help in the belief that becoming a parent should not depend on your paycheck.

The former House speaker visited the World War I battlefield of Verdun, in France, as a 15-year-old Army brat. That glimpse of the brutality of war, he says, set him on his course in politics.

The Libyan city of Misrata has been the main battlefront for weeks, as rebels struggle to push back Moammar Ghadafi's forces. The rebel want to push back Ghadafi's men far enough away that their rockets can't hit Misrata's civilian population.

Intel's International Science and Engineering Fair in Los Angeles brings together more than 1,600 high school students from all over the world to compete for more than $4 million in prizes. Renee Montagne speaks with writer Judy Dutton and competitor Taylor Wilson about this year's fair. Dutton has written a book called Science Fair Season.