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Sally Ride monitors the control panels from the pilot's chair on the shuttle Columbia in June 1983. Ride, the first American woman in space, died Monday after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer.

Sally Ride, First American Woman In Space, Is Dead

Ride was a Ph.D. candidate at Stanford when she answered an ad to become a NASA astronaut. She became the first American woman in space when she blasted off in the space shuttle Challenger in 1983.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney places a prayer note as he visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Sunday.

Eye On The Jewish Vote, Romney Commits To Israel

Mitt Romney is in Israel this weekend, in part to drum up support from pro-Israel groups living in the United States. The Jewish vote makes up only 4 percent of the American electorate, but it's where those votes are located that has both sides spending millions to woo them.

Robert Lowery as Batman and John Duncan as Robin in 1949's <em>Batman and Robin</em>.

Batman Really Begins: 'I Went From A Kid On The Farm To Robin'

John Duncan, who played Robin in the 1949 Batman movie serial, reflects on taking superheroes seriously, finding himself in Robin's mask, and being remembered more than 60 years later.

Your crafty password may not be powerful enough to overcome a cyberattacker. Earlier this month, LinkedIn urged its users to change their passwords after a database was hacked, exposing millions of passwords.

Prevent Your Password From Becoming Easy Pickings (Or PyPfbEp)

Millions of LinkedIn users' passwords were stolen and distributed online earlier this month, once again raising worries about Internet security. Creating a clever password to foil potential hackers can be tricky, but a crafty secret phrase can prevent prying eyes from accessing your online accounts and private information.

Dairy cows feed on a farm in Chilton, Wis., in May. The farm bill being considered by Congress, part of a massive package that could cost nearly $1 trillion over a decade, contains a number of provisions affecting dairies.

Why The Farm Bill's Provisions Will Matter To You

The bill covers everything from farm subsidies and crop insurance to forestry, food stamps and school lunches.

Twitter And The New Mom: Keeping Up With Politics, 140 Characters At A Time

There aren't a lot of things you can do with one hand while feeding a newborn and desperately trying to stay awake. Catching up on the world via Twitter happens to be one of them.

Moviegoers watch a 3-D IMAX movie at a Beijing theater run by the Chinese company Wanda, which recently announced it was buying AMC movie theaters for $2.6 billion. The move is seen as part of a larger effort by the Chinese conglomerate to move into the U.S. market.

Hollywood Dreams Led Chinese Firm To Buy Into U.S.

When the Chinese firm Wanda announced the purchase of AMC cinemas, it may not have made a lot of business sense in the short term. But it could be part of a larger strategy that will bring the company into the U.S. in a major way.

Graduates of the University of Alabama's class of 2011. The economic downturn has hit recent college grads hard. New data show only half of those who graduated from 2006 to 2011 are working full time.

College Grads Struggle To Gain Financial Footing

A new Rutgers University survey finds just half of those who graduated from college between 2006 and 2011 are working full time. Burdened by student loan debt, and with wages depressed even for those with jobs, many say they no longer believe that education and hard work will necessarily lead to success.

<b>Wild Thing:</b> Obama growls as he reads <i>Where the Wild Things Are</i> to children at this year's White House Easter Egg Roll.

Not Just For Laughs: Why Humor Can Be A Powerful Campaign Tool

In a year when each candidate is trying to portray his rival as out of touch, the connective power of humor could be especially important. But so far, both President Obama and presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney are missing opportunities for comedy.

Steven Sinofsky introduces a new Microsoft tablet computer and Windows 8 software to the media in Shanghai on Oct. 23. The former president of Microsoft's Windows division has since left the company.

Bigwigs Out At Microsoft And Apple. Now What?

Steven Sinofsky and Scott Forstall, instrumental figures at two of the world's biggest tech companies, have left their positions. What does that mean for the future of those companies?

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