Painting a human canvas

Painting a human canvas Italian model Valeria Hasler holds still as she is painted during the "Living Art America - Bodies as a Work of...

Government shutdown: What's the impact?

A government shutdown would have far-reaching consequences for some, but minimal impact on others. Mail would be delivered. Social Security...

Scientists hope for comeback of rare plant burned in Santa Monica fires

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. As plants slowly grow back at the site of this year's Springs Fire, scientists are hoping against hope that a rar...

Rock slide kills five hikers in Colorado

SALIDA, Colo. Five hikers were killled by a rock slide on a trail in south-central Colorado on Monday, and another was pulled out with inju...

Construction exec and his son killed in small plane crash

SANTA MONICA, Calif. No problems were reported before a private jet crashed into a hangar and burst into flames while landing at a Southern...

Nobody at controls in Chicago train crash, dozens injured

FOREST PARK, Ill. Officials said nobody was at the controls of an empty commuter train that slammed into another train at a suburban Chicag...

Against all odds, otters make a comeback in Calif.

(CBS News) MONTEREY, Calif. -- Over generations, humans nearly wiped out one of the world's most endearing creatures, the sea otter. Slo...

Leaks damage U.S. intelligence, attorney general says

Al Qaeda officials / CBSNews The New York Times reported today that a leak of classified information to reporters appears to have cost the...

Marine Corps forces out 2 generals over Afghanistan security breach

FILE - An armored vehicle patrols on the periphery of Camp Bastion in southern Afghanistan, in this Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2007 file photo. The...

The world gets grayer -- and countries aren't ready, study says

The world is aging so fast that most countries are not prepared to support their swelling numbers of elderly people, according to a global s...

Art exhibit with strobe lights closed after seizure reports

An art installation in Pittsburgh was shut down after three people reportedly had seizures while visiting the exhibit. CBS station KDKA in P...

Early documentary photography

The father of documentary photography One of the original social justice photographers, Lewis Hine documented the struggles of immigrants, t...

Shutdown politics: Obamacare and echoes of 1995

The last government shutdown was the 21-day shutdown from Dec. 1995-Jan. 1996 and while there is still discussion over who won or lost polit...

Gov't shutdown: What does it mean for Wall Street?

September 30, 2013 4:58 AM Asian markets are down over fears of a U.S. government shutdown, and it will likely hit stocks in the U.S. when ...

Former player donates kidney to retired coach

Joe Fonteneaux was always more than a baseball coach at Paul Quinn College in Waco in the late 1970s. He was a father figure. "We reall...

Syrian FM claims some rebels eat human hearts

UNITED NATIONS Syria's foreign minister has claimed at the U.N. that his regime is fighting a war against al-Qaida linked militants who...

What will John Boehner do?

This post originally appeared on Slate . With the government set to run out of money at midnight , the clock is ticking and no one is neg...

Dozens injured in Chicago-area train crash

FOREST PARK, Ill. About four dozen people were injured when two Chicago Transit Authority trains crashed in the western suburb of Forest Pa...

Will miniscule piece of evidence hold the key to Amanda Knox retrial?

This image released by NBC shows Amanda Knox during an interview on the "Today" show, Friday, Sept. 20, 2013 in New York. / Peter...

Amanda Knox retrial under way in Italy

(CBS News) In Florence, Italy, on Monday, the re-trial of Amanda Knox is underway. The Seattle woman spent four years behind bars, convicted...

Pope John Paul II to be canonized this spring

Last Updated 7:38 a.m. ET VATICAN CITY Two of the most-loved leaders of the Catholic Church, Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II, will b...

Inspectors to smash Assad's chemical plants in a month

THE HAGUE The international organization to be tasked with finding, cataloguing and destroying the Syrian government's chemical weapons...

Small jet crashes into hangar at Santa Monica airport

Updated at 2:03 a.m. Eastern SANTA MONICA, Calif. A small jet that took off from Idaho ran off the runway and into a storage hangar at a S...

Small jet hits hangar at Santa Monica Airport

SANTA MONICA, Calif. A small jet that took off from Idaho has crashed into a storage hangar and started a large fire after landing Sunday n...