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When a comet hit the sun over the weekend, an impressive eruption followed. Scientists had thought comets weren't large enough to produce such a reaction. Some are rethinking that.

Note of Hope: A Celebration of Woody Guthrie features 13 artists working with Guthrie's lyrics.

Comedian Samantha Bee may be familiar from The Daily Show, but now she's joined the ranks of parenting bloggers.

Rick Perry's troubles hold good news and bad news for Chris Christie. Good news in that Perry has failed to capture the imagination of the base, and bad news that the intense scrutiny of a presidential campaign can unnerve even a confident campaigner who was wooed to enter.

Both women and men eat less when their dining companions are men, according to new research in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

The New Jersey governor is due at a 1 p.m. ET news conference. He's said before he wasn't ready to run for president. But speculation has continued.

Cautious consumers, the housing sector's lingering problems and the drag from the government sector are combining to slow an already weak economy even further, the central bank chairman says.

The outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said he was compelled to talk publicly about the link between Pakistan and the Haqqani Network because he's losing American soldiers as a result of it. "I think it's got to be addressed," he said.

Melissa Block speaks with NPR's Ted Robbins about Wednesday's hearing on the future of Jared Loughner. The alleged shooter in January's Tucson rampage is being medicated against his will. This hearing will discuss his treatment — and whether he is fit to stand trial.

High cotton prices and bad droughts have conspired to create conditions that have caused a national peanut shortage. Consumers like Jennifer Rice will have to pay more to put peanut butter sandwiches in the lunchbox.