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Melissa Block speaks with Patrick O'Connor, political reporter for the Wall Street Journal about Mitt Romney telling donors he wants to run again for president in 2016.

Students at Harvard University are flocking to a new class that they hope may provide hints to the secret to happiness. Psychology 1504, or "positive psychology," has become the most popular course on campus. It focuses on what makes people happy, rather than just their pathologies.

Scientists in California have made new embryonic stem cell lines that overcome a potential problem facing the use of stem cells in human therapy. But distributing the new lines to other researchers is a challenge; the government restricts federal funding on lines not created prior to 2001. NPR's Joe Palca reports.

Caesars Palace just spent $17 million on a new buffet, featuring hundreds of high-end food items.

There's a new book out by Anthony Brown called Little Beauty — and boy, is it ever that. Actually, given the subject matter, it's a very large beauty!

Lori Lightfoot was rejected by voters Tuesday, becoming the first Chicago mayor to be denied a second term in four decades.

Instead of having sports drinks in the dugout, the team has an espresso machine. Ex-Major Leaguer Mike Piazza, Italy's manager, would prefer to drink it from a ceramic cup rather than a paper one.

During times of financial stress, political division and even war, what is the relevance of happiness? Psychology professor Tal Ben-Shahar is helping students search for an answer.

We remember Medgar Evers, the civil rights activist assassinated in 1963, on the 100-year anniversary of his birth.

The Tenement Museum explores the American experience by recreating the homes of real, immigrant, migrant and Black American families.