Josh Axelrod
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When the bell rings, it's reading time. At over 70 chapters around the world, people gather at Silent Book Clubs to read whatever they like, as long as it's in silence.
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The Treasury reviews some 24,000 cases a year and reimburses around $30 million to people whose money has been burned, flooded or otherwise damaged. This service helps underpin the dollar's integrity.
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Taylor also played Martin Prince on The Simpsons and a number of other iconic animated characters. Her husband, Wayne Allwine famously portrayed Mickey Mouse and died in 2009.
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Unaccompanied minors cross the border without family or support. "Any kid that's in my house is, at least while they're here, safe," says one foster mother, Christi.
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Fifty years after the Saturn V rocket carried the astronauts to the moon, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum is honoring the historic mission with a giant projection.
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The Guggenheim Museum in New York and Fallingwater in Pennsylvania now belong to a list that includes Machu Picchu and the pyramids of Egypt.
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Forgoing his signature tux for a baby-blue terrycloth swimsuit, Sean Connery's Goldfinger onesie became one of Bond's classic outfits. And now fans can buy the item for themselves.
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Drag is experiencing a golden age, thanks to TV's RuPaul's Drag Race. But the tradition of drag performance has its roots as far back as Greece and has gone through a radical evolution in the U.S.
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Nancy Bass Wyden, the Strand's owner, is protesting New York City's decision to preserve the bookstore as a historic city landmark. She thinks the move will hurt, not help her business.
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The founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture will become the Smithsonian Institution's first African American secretary.