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The University of Missouri was deciding how to honor George Smith, who shared the 2018 Nobel in chemistry. Some schools designate parking spots but Smith bikes. He now has his own spot in a bike rack.

Some of history's greatest musical minds — Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and others — made bold, uncharacteristic compositions during their last days on Earth.

After months of campaigning, it's finally caucus day in Iowa. Polls still show a fluid race, with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Texas Rep. Ron Paul and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum heading the pack.

Most hospitals make little effort to screen patients for tobacco use or to help smokers kick the habit permanently. That's a missed opportunity. Starting this month, though, hospitals can choose to adopt tobacco-cessation measures to help them comply with accreditation standards.

Spain's parliament now has until the end of October to form a new government led by the Popular Party. But the Socialists will have to cooperate for that to happen.

Washington, D.C., cabdriver Sam Snow started talking to his passengers about his favorite football quarterback, John Elway. What he didn't realize was that John Elway was in his back seat.

A grenade-shaped trailer hitch, a replica exploding vest, and dead seahorses in a bottle are a few of the strangest items that Transportation Security Administration officers encountered this year.

Harold Thomas Martin III was a NSA private contractor who prosecutors say spent decades stealing national security secrets.

A bad restaurant write-up couldn't have been real as the restaurant had yet to open, a French court ruled.

Kuwait also summoned Iran's ambassador Tuesday to give him a note of protest over the failure to protect Saudi Arabia's diplomatic missions.