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NPR's senior education correspondent offers his predictions for the big stories in K-12 and higher education.

More than 13 million hours of content was uploaded to video sharing website YouTube this year. But the heavy buzz that surrounded a few of this year's videos made them much more popular than the rest.

Forbes magazine says investment guru Warren Buffett is now the wealthiest man in the world, with a fortune estimated at $62 billion. Matthew Miller of Forbes runs down this year's billionaire list.

The Bush administration has been forced to withdraw its candidate for the top legal post at the CIA. John Rizzo says he's stepping aside. His nomination for the role of CIA general counsel ran into trouble with lawmakers months ago.

This week's election results show education issues foremost in the minds of many voters, and suggest many parents may be seeking a course correction after 18 months of disruptions.

News of the World is preparing to close its doors and stop the presses after a scandalous week of unsavory press. Robert Zeliger pays tribute to the shamed media outlet in Foreign Policy's top five picks of NOTW's most sensationalist stories.

Comedians Richard Lewis and Esther Ku talk about what life is really like as a stand-up comedian trying to snag that big break in show business.

The coveted Best in Show award at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Tuesday went to a breed that has never won that honor: the beagle.

Robert Siegel sits down with a group of students from Tel Aviv University for a conversation about their expectations for the future. The students are politically divided, but they agree that their main concern, even more than security, is the Israeli economy.

U.S. and Pakistani intelligence operatives captured the Taliban's second-in-command. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar effectively ran the organization, U.S. officials say, directing Taliban military strategy in Afghanistan and controlling the group's finances.