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  • U.S. HVAC Firm Reportedly Linked To Target's Data Security Breach
    Hackers who broke into Target's computer network and stole customers' financial and personal data used credentials that were stolen from a heating and air conditioning subcontractor in Pennsylvania, according to digital security journalist Brian Krebs.
  • UN Report Raises Scathing Criticisms Of Vatican
    The United Nations watchdog for children's rights has accused the Vatican of caring more about its own reputation and members of the clergy than the victims of sexual abuse. The group is calling for the Vatican to immediately remove any priests suspected of sexually abusing children.
  • Drug Store Plans To Rid Its Shelves Of Tobacco Products
    The pharmacy giant CVS plans to eliminate cigarettes and other tobacco products from its stores by October. The company says it made the decision because the drug store business is changing and that selling cigarettes is no longer consistent with its mission. Medical experts and the White House hailed the move. NPR's Yuki Noguchi reports.
  • Before Taking The Ice, Olympian Gives Thanks For Family
    This week, Kacey Bellamy is in Sochi with the U.S. Olympic women's hockey team. Before she headed to Russia, though, she reflected a moment on the love and sacrifices of her family, without which she never would have made it so far.
  • Frank Gehrke, chief of snow surveys in California, looks at wind speed, snow depth and moisture data collected at a survey site in Yosemite National Park.
    Scientists Help Western States Prepare For Drought As New Norm
    In a warming world, extreme droughts are predicted to become more common. Amid the historic drought gripping California and much of the West Coast, scientists are studying how states can manage with a lot less water in the future.
  • Chinese blacksmiths in Nuanquan (Warm Spring) Town perform a folk custom called "making trees and flowers." They throw ladles of molten iron onto a wall, creating showers of sparks. The centuries-old custom originated with blacksmiths too poor to afford fireworks. In recent years, urban tourists have flocked to this once obscure town over the Chinese New Year holiday to enjoy local folk customs.
    Chinese Flock To The Countryside For A More Authentic New Year
    As New Year's celebrations in China grow increasingly commercialized, many city dwellers are seeking a return to tradition. Some head to an ancient town outside Beijing where poor but ingenious blacksmiths created their own fireworks. But even centuries-old customs aren't immune to change.
  • A Mexican guard at a prison in Tijuana where 17 men are being held on charges they were digging a drug-smuggling tunnel from Tijuana to the U.S. border at San Diego. The men say they were kidnapped and forced to do the work.
    Tijuana Prisoner: I Was Forced To Dig Drug Tunnel To San Diego
    The Mexican man says he was one of 17 kidnapped by a cartel and forced to build drug-smuggling tunnels. Now he might be in prison for the rest of his life.
  • Police: 2 Marysville H.S. Students Planned School Shooting
    Two Marysville High School students are being accused of plotting a school shooting. Marysville police say they were tipped this week by a male student…
  • Local Man Found Dead On Northwest Side
    Franklin County Sheriff's deputies are investigating the Tuesday night shooting death of a driver-for-hire who was killed during a suspected robbery…
  • Judge Orders Guarding Of Site Where Two Toledo Firefighters Were Killed
    A Lucas County judge says Toledo police should keep a 24 hour watch over the building where two firefighters died last month. The judge wants the watch to…
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