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A Journal of the American Medical Association study published today found that people with high cholesterol who followed diets rich in soy, nuts, and plant sterols reduced their bad cholesterol levels significantly.

A growing number of critics say that the law that criminalizes all kinds of contact with undocumented residents — including harboring illegal immigrants — violates their religious freedom to be a good Samaritan. A U.S. district judge is considering Wednesday whether to stop the law from going into effect Sept. 1.

Though the temblor did not cause physical damage to cellphone systems, the volume of calls and texts led to some outages and delays. Emergency planners worry that the systems still aren't robust enough.

Passengers who get involuntarily bumped will be entitled to more compensation, and airlines face stiffer penalties for long tarmac delays on international flights, thanks to government rules that took effect Tuesday.

College basketball's winningest coach said she would continue to serve as coach at University of Tennessee.

Bitcoin is a lot like cash — for the online universe. It doesn't actually exist in the physical world. You can't hold bitcoins in your hand because they just live on computers and the Internet. Bitcoin is a virtual currency independent of any government. It's backed by the people who use it.

Five months after a tsunami decimated Japan's northeast coast, one of the region's largest fishing ports is trying to get back to work. But the earthquake changed the landscape, complicating plans to rebuild.

While Swiss bank UBS announced it is cutting thousands of jobs around the world, it said it would keep a minimum of 2,000 employees at its U.S. headquarters in Connecticut. That leaves 1,500 Connecticut workers uncertain about their future with the bank.

Since Sept. 11, 2001, the New York Police Department has become one of America's most aggressive gatherers of domestic intelligence. Directed by a retired CIA veteran, the NYPD intelligence unit dispatches undercover officers to keep tabs on ethnic neighborhoods, sometimes far outside its jurisdiction.

Research In Motion has seen its once-dominant share of the smartphone market eaten away by the iPhone and Android. Bloomberg technology reporter Rich Jaroslovsky tells Renee Montagne that consumers are turning away from BlackBerries, in part, because competitors offer many more apps.