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About 45 tons of contaminated radioactive water have leaked and about 300 liters of it has made it into the Pacific Ocean.

Herman Cain quit the presidential primary over the weekend and an Atlanta TV station reports that he may endorse his former rival, Newt Gingrich. NPR's Ken Rudin talks about Cain's decision to quit, and how it will change the primary field.

Jerome "Randy" Babbitt was charged Saturday night in Fairfax, Va. He's been placed on leave, according to Washington-area media reports.

John Lithgow was born into a theater family, but he never intended to become an actor; he wanted to paint. In his memoir, Drama: An Actor's Education, he focuses on the years before the fame — from his stage debut at the age of 2 to his move West to become a star.

Two local crime stories portray the disillusion and hope of the holiday season.

Many doctors complain that the few patients who refuse immunizations put all patients at risk, and some refuse them treatment. New York Times Ethicist Ariel Kaminer addresses the question of whether it's ethical for pediatricians to refuse routine care to families with unvaccinated children.

He made a string of classic recordings in the '60s and enjoyed a successful encore career.

Kepler-22b is bigger than Earth, but its temperature could be a comfy 70 degrees. It's the first exoplanet confirmed to be orbiting in the middle of the habitable zone of a sun-like star.

Using 54,000 feet of toilet paper and the 825-foot long "Infinite Corridor" at MIT as a workspace, students from a small boarding school say they broke an unofficial record for folding paper on Sunday. They created the equivalent of 13 folds.