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Penny's airy vocals and the band's soft-rock jangle gently present a case for moving forward and moving on, regardless of your stage in life.

Tony Nominations for the annual Broadway Tony Awards were announced today. The musical "Rent" sweep the field with 10 mentions, including Best Actor for two of its stars, Best Director, Berst book and Best Score and Best Musical. (1:30) (IN S

Stephen Thompson looks at the biggest songs and albums of the week, and digs into the stories and trends beyond the Top 10.

Mornings are hard enough to face when you're not trudging off to a world of cubicles and fluorescent lights. Just waking up presents a challenge. Try this playlist for those days when you need more than two cups of coffee just to summon the strength to walk out the door in the morning.

Also: Airline prices are rising even though jet fuel costs are falling; the GOP presidential candidates debate in Houston tonight; and Greece is angry that it wasn't invited to a summit on migrants.

"The enormity of the multiple leadership failures both in leading up to the insurrection, and in the Department's response to it, have convinced us there is no other choice," the union head says.

Before revealing this year's winner, judges share eight genre-defying entries as part of our Tiny Desk Contest Top Shelf series.

From breaking news like the death of world-renowned Evangelical leader Rev. Billy Graham and the October shooting at Butler High School in Matthews to…

The Bishop of Durham, Justin Welby, has been appointed as the next archbishop of Canterbury and leader of the Church of England. The former oil executive has only a year's experience as a bishop. Philip Reeves has the story.

The host of All Songs Considered shares the 10 albums and 30 songs he most loved this year.

Japan can call itself the world champion of baseball. The Japanese team captured the inaugural World Baseball Classic by beating Cuba 10-6 in the championship game San Diego.

Slate contributor Timothy Noah analyzes the classic Cole Porter tune "You're the Top." The song was a catalog of the top of 1930s pop culture, but Noah wonders whether the then-current references will leave contemporary listeners bewitched, bothered and bewildered.

Some of the nominations were expected — The Bear earned 23 nominations and Shogun received 25 nods. But the Television Academy still had a few surprises up its sleeve.

Gen. Min Aung Hlaing calls for Myanmar to become a "well-disciplined democratic nation" and says the military will continue to play a leading role in governing. The statement comes as opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi attends a military parade.

Also: Witnesses describe the school shooting in San Bernardino; North Korea criticizes U.S. military actions; and Chinese express anger online over an Asian man's unwilling removal from a plane.

Also: A Chinese financial scheme fleeces billions from clients; Syrian peace talks are shaky after a bombing near Damascus kills at least 50; and Chicago's O'Hare airport will get another runway.

Also: French police search for a motorist who drove into a crowd of soldiers; tens of thousands of people march for jobs in India; and today is the 72nd anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.

Also: A watchdog organization says Syria has dismantled another chemical weapons facility; Iran opens nuclear talks with the U.S. and other nations; a brilliant meteor surprises southern California; and evangelist Billy Graham turns 95 today.

Also: The latest round of international talks over Iran's nuclear program opens this week; Toronto Mayor Rob Ford could lose even more powers; workers are taking radioactive rods out of the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant; and a Cleveland boy gets his neon-green wheelchair back.

Also: Washington, D.C.'s mayor loses his primary election; convicted financier Charles Keating dies; and Twitter burns up over a Chinese actor's adultery admission.