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  • Italy's Mario Balotelli sports Puma's new evoPOWER Tricks cleats.
    Puma's Pink And Blue Cleats Make A Bold Play At The World Cup
    Soccer players aren't the only ones battling on the pitch: Shoe brands are fighting it out as well. While Adidas and Nike dominate the market, Puma has a sneaky counterattack: mismatched shoes.
  • Remembering The 'Father' Of G.I. Joe
    Donald Levine, an executive at Hasbro when the idea for the action figure was first hatched, served in the U.S. Army in Korea and thought the toy would be a way to honor veterans.
  • Cave dwellings, inhabited for centuries, are perched on hillsides in Spain's Granada province.
    Cave-Dwelling In Spain Offers A Welcome Inconvenience
    In the province of Granada in Southern Spain, thousands of people live completely unplugged in caverns. The caves have been a place of refuge for centuries. Now they provide a new kind of escape.
  • Iraqi Shiites perform the Friday prayer in the shrine city of Karbala in central Iraq. Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, called for the country's next government to be "effective" and avoid past mistakes, in an implicit criticism of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
    Leading Shiite Cleric Says Iraq Needs A New Government
    Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani's comments add to criticisms that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki hasn't done enough to bridge sectarian rifts. The cleric also says ISIS militants must be expelled.
  • Doing The Laundry For Social Good
    "For-profit, for good" is the mantra of a handful of startups trying to make Philadelphia a social enterprise hub. One of those companies is a bike-delivery laundry service that's now expanding.
  • U.S. Moves Toward Easing A Ban On Exporting Its Oil
    The new rulings are being reported amid a backdrop of rising gas prices in the U.S., a situation blamed on new violence and uncertainty in Iraq.
  • The Everly Brothers, Phil (left) and Don, perform in 2004 in London.
    Phil Everly: Harmony To His Brother's Melody
    The Everly Brothers influenced an entire generation of popular musicians. Don's voice usually handled the melody, but Phil gave the higher accompanying harmony to that melody, which defined the brothers' sound. Phil Everly died Friday from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 74.
  • Robert Gates waves and President Obama claps at the then-defense secretary's farewell ceremony in June 2011.
    Gates Says His Points About Obama Have Been Mischaracterized
    Reports this week about former Defense Secretary Robert Gates' new book have implied that he thinks President Obama approved a 2009 troop surge in Afghanistan believing the strategy would fail. But Gates tells NPR that's not right. He believes Obama became skeptical about the "troop surge" later on.
  • Indians participated in a candlelight vigil last month to mark the anniversary of the death of a young woman who was gang raped and murdered in New Delhi. Indian media dubbed the woman "Nirbhaya," or fearless. Now, after other high-profile rapes in the country, India has unveiled a handgun for women.
    India Unveils Handgun For Women After Much-Publicized Rapes
    The .32-caliber weapon comes amid a spate of reports about rapes in the country. The gun is named for the victim of a 2012 gang rape and murder in New Delhi. But reaction to the Nirbheek has been mixed.
  • Children under age 2 can reason abstractly, researchers say.
    Yes, Your Toddler Really Is Smarter Than A 5-Year-Old
    Developmental psychologists are trying to figure out what very small children know and when they know it. The answer: a lot, and a lot earlier than you think. One experiment finds that 18-month-olds can reason abstractly when sorting blocks, well before they are able to explain it.
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