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A Pennsylvania judge sentenced former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky to between 30 and 60 years in prison for the sexual abuse of young boys. There is virtually no way he could get out of prison before he dies a natural death. Sandusky maintains he is innocent.

When she rose to address the opposition leader this week, Australia's leader tore into him.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg has been puzzling over President Obama's performance in the presidential debate last week. Looking at who the candidates were addressing their answers to shows that Romney was doing something unusual, he says.

A Scottish sailor set a Guinness World Record this year when he found a 98-year-old message in a bottle. Capt. Sean Bercaw has sent hundreds of his own messages in bottles and received dozens of responses. He explains why he's doing it and what kinds of responses he's gotten to his project.

Swiss musician Gregoire Maret has redefined the role of the harmonica in modern jazz. After cutting his teeth as a sideman, he's now taken center stage as a bandleader. Here, Maret discusses his self-titled debut album and his pursuit of a following for the jazz harmonica.

Counselor Judith Schwarz says that for terminally ill patients who are suffering, prolonging death can seem like a worse fate than death itself. Schwarz is a patient supporter with the nonprofit organization Compassion & Choices.

In November, Maine voters will decide on a ballot initiative that would legalize same-sex marriage. Canvassers are trying to drum up support for the initiative, though opponents say they are sure they have enough support to vote it down.

Gen. Joseph Dunford will be nominated to succeed Gen. John Allen as the top commander in Afghanistan, according to a defense official familiar with the decision. Allen is to become head of the U.S. European Command.

In recent years, several states have banned schools from using racial and ethnic preferences. Instead, many have created alternatives to give low-income and working-class students of all races more opportunities to enroll. But those alternatives have fierce critics, on both sides of the debate.

This throws doubt on whether the military really killed Heriberto "El Lazca" Lazcano.