Subway's got talent: Musicians compete for official busker spots
Dozens of musical acts audition for a chance to get a prime spot in New York City's subway system
The man inside the Big Bird
Caroll Spinney describes his 46-year run as the man behind "Sesame's Street's" lovable character
Ben E. King: Library of Congress honor is "greatest moment of my life"
Covered by John Lennon and even Muhammad Ali, "Stand by Me" was selected to be preserved in the National Recording Registry
Selma photographer recalls rare MLK photo
Stephen Somerstein was positioned right behind Martin Luther King Jr., when he captured one of the most powerful images of the Selma-to-Montgomery civil rights march
Why breaking ice on rivers gets harder with each pass
For a United States Coast Guard Cutter, the only easy day was yesterday
Inquisitive student finds some living history linked to Malcolm X
50 years after his assassination, a student at Brown University found the woman who debated him on that very campus
Why compounding pharmacy Downing Labs rejected FDA's recall request
Co-owner of the compounding pharmacy explains why she refused the FDA's request to recall products inspectors said had "sterility failures"
Investigation: Insurance billed $18,000 for unwanted pain meds
When John Picard got a call from a telemarketer about pain treatment, he had no idea it would result in $18,000 worth of medication he never wanted or authorized
Doctor blames discredited autism research for measles outbreak
Though long since proven wrong, persistence in the belief in a link between autism and the MMR vaccine is said to be behind the current spread of measles
Weather systems being upgraded to improve forecasts
National Weather Service supercomputers will be ten times more powerful by October
Wounded veterans find recipe for their futures at Dog Tag Bakery
Vets returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan learn not only baking and business skills but also self-confidence at D.C. program
Cartoonists respond to Paris massacre with powerful drawings
Social media was flooded with cartoons that honored the victims while ridiculing the attackers
14 people arrested in connection with deadly meningitis outbreak
More than 750 people got sick, most with fungal meningitis, and 64 died after using tainted steroids from Massachusetts compounding pharmacy
Video a key reason why people judge NYPD chokehold case differently
Video of Eric Garner's death lets people "identify that a man's life was taken for doing a minor offense," Brooklyn Borough president says
Police departments weigh use of body cameras
"It is recorded. We have it on tape. There is no room for argument," says NYC Public Advocate Letitia James