- Pilots worry about safety of drones in US skies
 Airline pilots and privacy rights activists are fretting over a provision of the FAA funding bill passed by Congress that would open up the U.S. skies to drones.
- Grandaddy of standardized tests on way out?
 The state that was the birthplace for the set of standardized tests that public school students took for decades is considering doing away with the Iowa Test of Basic Skills.
- Sandusky prosecutors cite neighbors in seeking tougher bail
Pennsylvania state prosecutors are asking that Jerry Sandusky's bail conditions to be tightened after receiving reports from local neighbors that the accused child molester has been spotted sitting on the deck of his house watching school children in a nearby playground.
- Janice Voss, veteran astronaut, dies at 55
 Astronaut Janice Voss, a veteran of five spaceflights and a former science director for a NASA exoplanet-hunting spacecraft, has died after a battle with cancer. She was 55.
- Komen's Karen Handel quits after funding dispute
Karen Handel, an executive with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity has resigned after a dispute over funding for Planned Parenthood.
- Fatal shark attacks in 2011 at 20-year high
Fatal shark attacks across the globe reached a 20-year high in 2011, researchers report, while attacks in the U.S. were the lowest over the last decade and none were fatal.
- No sex charges for NYC police commissioner's son
 The son of New York City's police commissioner will not be charged in a case alleging sexual assault, prosecutors say.
- ACLU: Student has right to wear 'Boobies' bracelet
An Indiana eighth grader sued his school district in federal court Monday for the right to wear a bracelet promoting breast cancer awareness with the message "I (heart) Boobies," WTHR reported.
- Report: Powell left apologetic voicemail just before death
Josh Powell left a voicemail for family members saying he couldn't live without the boys and didn't want to go on anymore.
- Sandusky attorney: Accusers may have 'collaborated'
Lawyers representing Jerry Sandusky ask for phone numbers of 10 alleged victims in the sexual abuse case against the former Pennsylvania State football coach.
- Historian pleads guilty in document thefts
A presidential historian has pleaded guilty to stealing valuable documents signed by U.S. presidents, Karl Marx and the French queen Marie Antoinette.
- January warmest on record? The answer is...
 Hard as it may be to believe if you live in the Northeast or upper Midwest, last January was not the warmest on record across the lower 48 states, federal recordkeepers announced Tuesday.
- Grand Canyon banning sales of bottled water
 Activists concerned that Coca-Cola might be influencing National Park Service policy were breathing easier Tuesday after the Grand Canyon National Park announced it would eliminate the sale of bottled water inside the park within 30 days.
- Marriage retreats combat high rate of military divorce
 Hoping to reverse the rising divorce rate among service members, organizations across the country are offering military couples and families places to have fun, bond and cope with life after wartime.
- Court: Calif. ban on gay marriage unconstitutional
 A federal appeals court has declared California's Proposition 8 unconstitutional, paving the way for a likely U.S. Supreme Court showdown on the voter-approved law.
- Attorney: Prozac may have set off teen killer
- Mountain lion attacks 6-year-old in Texas park
Officials at Big Bend National Park in Texas were looking for a mountain lion that attacked and injured a 6-year-old boy as he walked with three other people.
- Parade down Broadway for vets? Not yet
Will there be a parade down New York City's Broadway for returning war veterans? Not quite yet, says the Pentagon, even though the idea is gathering steam.
- Ohio man admits fundraising help for al-Shabab
 A Somali-American man admitted Monday that he helped raise money so others could travel from the U.S. to join the terror group al-Shabab in Somalia.
- Students' tardiness leads to criminal charges for parents
Detention for chronically late students is common, but what about parents in court because of their frequently tardy children? That’s happened to some parents in Loudoun County, Va.
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