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  • <strong>Cheers For The Queen ... And The Chicken:</strong> Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, greet supporters from the balcony at Buckingham Palace, following her coronation, June 2, 1953.
    Coronation Chicken: A Lowly Sandwich Filling With A Royal Pedigree
    Queen Elizabeth II celebrated the 60th anniversary of her coronation in a ceremony Tuesday at Westminster Cathedral. But the event also marks the anniversary of a cold chicken-and-curry dish that is the culinary equivalent of the famous British stiff upper lip.
  • Sabina Mohyuddin was heckled as she spoke at the town meeting last week in Manchester, Tenn.
    A Meeting On Tolerance Turns Into A Shouting Match
    A forum meant to quell tensions between Muslims and non-Muslims in Tennessee was derailed by hecklers.
  • <strong>A Lot Of Beans:</strong> A charity auction of a cup of coffee with Apple CEO Tim Cook has garnered bids topping $600,000. In this file photo, a pot of beans sits in a Starbucks store.
    $600K For A Cup Of Coffee: Apple's Cook Is A Hit At Auction
    The bidding hasn't closed yet, but a charity auction of having a cup of coffee with Apple CEO Tim Cook has attracted offers of more than $600,000. The coffee klatch will take place at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. There is no word on whether refills are free.
  • Charlotte Church's new album is titled <em>One & Two</em>.
    Charlotte Church Returns, A 'Beautiful Wreck' In A Digital Age
    As a child, the Welsh singer rocketed into success with classical and religious music, and performed for Nelson Mandela and the pope. Now she's back with a new album, One & Two, and a new sound.
  • John Underhill waters flowers at a makeshift memorial for shooting victims outside the University Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 20, 2011. Many of the plants and flowers at area memorials were replanted at a community garden.
    How A Community Created A Garden From Sadness
    Mourners left flowers and plants after the 2011 Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded 13. Instead of sending the shrines to a landfill after they were taken down, volunteers sorted through everything, replanted what they could and composted the rest.
  • Grapefruit can make for a tasty addition to breakfast. But it can also interfere with some medications.
    More Drugs Cited As A Risky Mix With Grapefruit
    Some consumers of the bitter citrus fruit may need to rethink their morning routine. Chemicals in grapefruit can interfere with the body's ability to to clear certain drugs. The number of affected medicines has jumped in recent years. Pharmacists are calling for greater grapefruit awareness among physicians and patients alike.
  • In <em>The Last of Us</em>, a fungus called <em>Cordyceps</em> that commonly infects insects has jumped over to humans, creating a fungal zombie apocalypse.
    A Zombie Horror Game, Inspired By ... A Nature Documentary?
    The Last of Us is a new survival horror video game that follows a character named Joel as he fights off both hostile humans and zombie-like creatures. It was inspired by a BBC show on the scary effects of a fungus.
  • Pope John Paul II at Giants Stadium in New Jersey in 1995.
    Pope John Paul II Will Be Made A Saint
    Theologians recently attributed a second miracle — the curing of a Costa Rican woman with a brain injury — to Pope John Paul II. The Vatican announced Friday that Pope John XXIII a saint.
  • Some 3,000 wild boars are estimated to roam Germany's capital. This 2008 picture provided by the Berlin Forestry Commission shows a sow and her offspring that decided to make their home outside an apartment building. Recently, a wild boar attacked and injured four people in a Berlin neighborhood.
    In Berlin, A Boar Of A Story
    More than just Germany's capital, Berlin is home to an estimated 3,000 wild boar. They have been tearing up green spaces, and recently a 265-pound boar attacked four people. The streetwise swine like the city, where food is plentiful but hunters are not.
  • The seed library is a partnership between the Basalt Public Library and the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute. Seed packets encourage gardeners to write their names and take credit for their harvested seeds.
    How To Save A Public Library: Make It A Seed Bank
    A small-town library in Colorado is lending more than just books. Patrons can now check out seeds and farm them. After the crops are harvested, the patrons return the seeds from the best fruits and vegetables so the library can lend them out to others.
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