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As an aging Fidel Castro recovers from surgery, the question of succession comes to the fore.Need to know how many pigs were owned by your great-great-great-great grandfather? Check out the Domesday Book - an exhaustive eleventh-century document set to ...

This story gives new meaning to the expression "busy as a bee." New research shows that queen bees ensure they remain in charge of the hive by sleeping with as many male bees as possible. Well, it worked for Catherine the Great!

Student protests in Iran, a bonanza of buttermilk, a fish out of water, and a direction-impaired balloonist - all this and more.

War and peace. A Ugandan journalist talks about how people in the north of her country are living with the prospect of peace after two decades of civil war.

Student protests in Iran, a bonanza of buttermilk, a fish out of water, and a direction-impaired balloonist - all this and more.

War and peace. A Ugandan journalist talks about how people in the north of her country are living with the prospect of peace after two decades of civil war.

Now we'll do it, now we won't. The U-S shelves a critical vote on the Armenian genocide. One Congressman explains how filthy lucre figured in that decision. Carol speaks with California Democrat, Adam Schiff, from his office in Washington.

Now we'll do it, now we won't. The U-S shelves a critical vote on the Armenian genocide. One Congressman explains how filthy lucre figured in that decision. Carol speaks with California Democrat, Adam Schiff, from his office in Washington.

Exonerated, but still in pain. A feature interview with Williams Mullins-Johnson, who was cleared of allegations he murdered his niece in 1993.

Exonerated, but still in pain. A feature interview with Williams Mullins-Johnson, who was cleared of allegations he murdered his niece in 1993.

The story of a very unique invertebrate...the asexual bdelloid rotifer, which can make slightly different copies of itself -- and thus evolve all on its own.

The story of a very unique invertebrate...the asexual bdelloid rotifer, which can make slightly different copies of itself -- and thus evolve all on its own.

So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen... We remember Werner von Trapp - one of the children made famous in The Sound Of Music - who has died at the age of 91.

So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen... We remember Werner von Trapp - one of the children made famous in The Sound Of Music - who has died at the age of 91.

Seeking the plane truth. A mysterious aircraft crash in Mexico creates more questions than answers.

The Armenian genocide debate, the top 40 worst lyricists of all time, a Burmese diplomat defects, and much more.

Seeking the plane truth. A mysterious aircraft crash in Mexico creates more questions than answers.

The Armenian genocide debate, the top 40 worst lyricists of all time, a Burmese diplomat defects, and much more.

A demand of lists. The U.S. Department of Homeland security tells Canadian air carriers to hand over their passenger manifests -- for flights that don't even land in the United States. And American authorities reaffirm their power to listen in on phone ...