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Most people diagnosed with the devastating Lou Gehrig's disease will lose their ability to speak. But one man in Washington state recorded his own voice onto a machine that will one day talk for him.

The New Jersey governor may be grabbing national headlines for the Bridgegate scandal, but it's the slow Superstorm Sandy recovery that's causing him headaches back home.

The whereabouts of Ukraine's ousted President Viktor Yanukovych remain unknown, but the opposition-led Parliament says any war crimes prosecution would come in the International Criminal Court.

In her new book of essays, I See You Made an Effort, comedian Annabelle Gurwitch muses on middle-aged life. Critic Heller McAlpin says that the book, infused throughout with "sharp wit," is hilarious.

Prominent universities and drug addiction organizations are asking the FDA to reconsider its approval of a controversial painkiller called Zohydro. It's 10 times more powerful than OxyContin.

Lorrie Moore's new collection, Bark, contains eight stories — but our reviewer Alan Cheuse says only two of them really stand out. But, he adds, those two offer some "first-rate reading pleasure."

Eric Ortiz, 24, chose to ink the arachnid because, "Everybody fears spiders." According to the Daytona Beach News-Journal, he wanted "to see what people think."

The milk industry has a new slogan: "Milk Life." Instead of featuring celebrities with milk mustaches, the campaign reminds consumers that milk is a source of energy and protein.

Look at what's happening to the planet, its air, its soil, its animals, its plants. Maybe it's time to point a finger at the cause of all this change — and name it.

Also: Mexico won't extradite a drug cartel leader to the U.S.; Asiana Airlines is fined millions for its poor response to the San Francisco crash; and the Denver Art Museum pays off a Super Bowl bet.

We crunched prices from thousands of pizza places around the country. The results convinced us we should never buy a small pizza again.

Later this year North Carolina voters will have a chance to do something rare – elect four of the seven justices on the State Supreme Court. There will…

Studies show that harsh policies, including criminalization, don't help the students who are removed from the classroom — and that schools punish black, Latino and disabled students more harshly.

The legislation would have allowed business owners to refuse service to gays and others if the customers offended their religious beliefs.

Research suggests that after a basic standard of quality is met, what becomes a success and what doesn't is essentially a matter of chance.

Without the deal, Obama told Afghan President Hamid Karzai this week that the U.S. will move ahead with plans to pull all U.S. troops out the country by the end of 2014. NATO plans to follow suit.

The stray animal population in the Russian resort town received a lot of international attention during the games. David Backes hopes his "Olympic souvenirs" will raise awareness.

Sales increased by 11 percent. The announcement does not include revenue tied to the chart-topping movie. The Lego Movie was released this month.

Nearly half of the erotica series' sales have been in the U.S. Also: There's still inequality in the world of book reviews, where female authors get less attention.

We scoured the Internet to uncover the pros and cons of all nine best picture nominations. Today, the internet makes a variety of water-based puns while considering Captain Phillips.