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In New Jersey, thousands of discarded Christmas trees have dodged the wood chipper and hit the beach instead. They're being used to jump-start new dunes, but scientists warn that these man-made dunes could be less sturdy than dunes that form naturally.

Jackson, the son of civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson, resigned from Congress last November. Prosecutors claim he spent some $750,000 of campaign funds on personal things like a Rolex watch and fur coats.

The much-anticipated close flyby of a large asteroid was upstaged Friday when a meteor unexpectedly streaked across the sky over Russia. The ensuing explosion sent window shards flying and injured hundreds of people.

It's been more than a month since thousands of New York City school bus drivers and aides went on strike in a dispute over job protections. Most school kids in New York don't take the bus, but many of those who do are disabled. The strike has made getting to school for those kids extremely difficult, and many parents say the city has done a poor job of accommodating them.

What's that horse meat doing in the Norwegian lasagna? The growing European food scandal shows that in a world where food trade seems borderless, old-fashioned quality controls remain critical.

The fallout from Cold War bomb tests is shedding light on why the Achilles tendon heals so poorly after injuries.

Karen Russell's new collection of short stories has dead presidents reincarnated as horses, girls turning into silkworms, and vampires who quench their thirst for blood with lemons. Reviewer Meg Wolitzer says that in Russell's world we aren't fixed in space and time but can change at any moment.

Carl reads three news-related limericks: A Doodle for Your Poodle; U.S. American Airwaylines; Royale With Fancy Cheese.

Back in 2011, Gore's former boss Bill Clinton appeared on Wait Wait and correctly answered three questions about the My Little Pony children's TV show. We're going to ask Gore three questions about Shetland ponies.

State officials in Illinois want to conduct DNA tests on the top hat on display at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum to see if he ever really wore it. Museum officials think the idea is worse than bad.