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In France, some say a gastronomic icon is under threat. For the last decade, the number of pre-prepared, frozen croissants sold in bakeries has been increasing. These knock-offs are cheaper, but they're also less delicious.

Texas is set to execute a man with an IQ of 61. But the Supreme Court has banned the death penalty for the mentally impaired.

A pair of NASA satellite images taken just four days apart tells a potentially worrying story of melting ice in the polar summer.

Weill was architect of the Travelers Group and Citicorp merger that ushered in the era of "too big to fail."

Some pizza lovers in Philadelphia are taking their affection for the popular food to a new level by opening a museum and restaurant. It will include pieces from the world's largest collection of pizza-related items and, of course, real slices of pizza for sale.

The government forecasts food prices will go up as much as 3.5 percent this year; meat prices will rise as much as 4.5 percent. If the drought continues, prices may go up even more. "Until we get that first heavy rain, we're not going to know for sure" just where prices will end up, a USDA economist says.

Filled with press clippings, newsletters and receipts, the new Grateful Dead Archive at the University of California, Santa Cruz, reveals that rock 'n' roll's quintessential hippies were also savvy businessmen.

On the first day of competition in the 2012 Summer Olympics, the U.S. women's soccer squad bounced back from an early deficit to beat France, 4-2. The game was a rematch for the two teams that met in last year's World Cup semifinals.

Priorities USA, the superPAC backing President Obama's re-election, has unveiled a new ad — timed to coincide with the London Olympics — that pokes fun at Mitt Romney's overseas business ties.

Interviewing a sitting Supreme Court justice is an unusual opportunity for a journalist. If that justice is Antonin Scalia, it's also a chance to engage in some memorable give-and-take.