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Jacob England, 19, and Alvin Watts, 32, were arrested following a tip from the public to help police solve the five shootings that happened Friday. A police spokesman said the two face three counts of first degree murder and two counts of shooting with intent to kill.

Recent advances in medicine and technology are now reshaping what it means to be deaf in America. With the new implants, children who could never hear a sound are now adults who can hear everything. That advance is having a dramatic impact on the nation's historic deaf schools as well as the lives of the deaf.

Veterans, with their post-Sept. 11 education benefits, have been an important driver in the growth of for-profit colleges and universities in recent years. Some lawmakers say for-profit schools are ripping off veterans, and the government, by luring students into programs that seldom lead to good jobs.

Every day, Nigerian-American novelist Teju Cole skims newspapers from present-day Nigeria and 1912's New York City. He turns the odd news of the day into the ironic, illuminating Tweets he calls "Small Fates."

An agreed cease-fire to end months of bloodshed in Syria, was set to take effect Tuesday. But last-minute demands by the Syrian government have effectively derailed a U.N.-brokered peace plan.

Over the weekend, 60 Minutes correspondent Mike Wallace died in Connecticut. Wallace, a star of that CBS news magazine for 40 years, stood out because of his seeming willingness to ask anybody anything. In 2005, he sat down for an interview with Steve Inskeep.

Buford, Wyo., has been billed as America's smallest town. It has a convenience store, gas station and a population of one. That would be the town's longtime owner Don Sammons. Bids came from around the world, and a man from Vietnam won with a $900,000 offer.

Business soared for Security Disaster Shelters after company officials appeared on the TV show Doomsday Preppers. The company offers a solution for the worried person who has everything. The Summit Daily News says a shelter for a client near Chicago cost $500,000.

Two Tulsa shooting suspects expected for Monday morning arraignment; cease-fire in Syria could be on brink of collapse as government puts up eleventh-hour obstacle.

Todd Richissin recalls an interview with Wallace in which the hard-nosed journalist fought back tears when recounting the death of his son in 1962. Wallace died Saturday at 93.