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The list of the top-performing college endowments came out Thursday. Yale University's investments have beaten the S&P 500's performance for the last five years. Marketplace's Steve Tripoli explains how college endowments work and how schools like Yale manage to beat the market year after year.

The top-ranked U.S. women's soccer team lost to Brazil 4-0 in the semi-finals of the Women's World Cup Soccer Games in China. The U.S. coach is being criticized. The defeat ends a 51-game unbeaten streak for the U.S. team.

Technology historians might file 2007 as the "Year of the iPhone" or the "Year of Vista" — but what will 2008 bring? Tom Merritt, a technology journalist from CNET, weighs in with top technology predictions for the coming year, from the rise of Google to a turn toward online television.

The top lawyer at the Pentagon is leaving his job. William J. Haynes was also nominated by President Bush to be a federal appeals judge, but his appointment was never confirmed by the Senate. Opponents, including a group of retired military officers, said his policies led to the abuse of detainees at Guantanamo Bay.

The Democratic presidential candidates met for a good natured exchange of views in the final Iowa Debate before the caucuses Jan. 3. The debate did not appear to do any damage to the three top contenders and it gave the others a valuable 90 minutes of Iowans' attention.

In the NHL, the Buffalo Sabres and the Arizona Coyotes are battling for the title of the worst in the league. The loser would get better odds of landing a top draft pick.

On his new album, Timeless Love, rhythm and blues legend Smokey Robinson sings hits from the American songbook, including "I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Baby)," "Night and Day" and "More Than You Know." Robinson William "Smokey" Robinson recorded dozens of top 40 hits for the Motown label as a solo artist and with The Miracles.

President Bush's three recent Supreme Court nominations reveal the complications and motives involved when politicians choose the nation's top judges, legal observers say. Political science professor David Yalof is an expert on the history and evolution of the Supreme Court nomination process.

Voters headed to the polls Tuesday for statewide primaries in Ohio and Indiana. In Ohio, an open Senate contest has top billing.

Slumdog Millionaire, recently nominated for an Oscar, depicts life in the slums of Mumbai, India and is described as a "must see" by many of the top film critics. But given the subject matter, some question whether the movie's producers have a moral obligation to alleviate the social ills they show on screen.