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From solar panels to electric buses — the Biden Administration wants to make it easier for schools to tap more than $5.5 billion for climate-friendly upgrades.

The common wisdom is that the U.S. Supreme Court will ultimately rule on the constitutionality of California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. But there's no straight path to the high court, and the case might not get that far -- at least not very soon.

With the measure stalled in the Senate and unlikely to come up for a vote, Latino scholars and organizers weigh in on the implications of its likely failure to pass Congress.

In November, technology reporter Omar Gallaga began reviewing iPad apps for children. Since then, he and his 3-year-old daughter have become hooked. They've plowed through more than 50 apps, and they've discovered a whole new world of content for kids.

House Democrats and Republicans have been vocal in their opposition to President Obama's tax cut deal. Nonetheless, members from both sides of the aisle predict the measure will win approval. But House leaders may allow an amendment to roll back estate tax provisions that ire many Democrats.

Economists view the tax cut package announced by President Obama as a necessary step to keep the economy from slipping further. But they have mixed opinions about how great an impact it can have, while some worry about its long-term costs.

Brad Pitt has played a police detective, a mental patient, the outlaw Jesse James and a cutthroat Nazi hunter. But critics are already calling Pitt's latest part, in Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life, a career-defining performance.

Microsoft is doing away with the game controller and relying instead on body motions detected by a camera. It's a concept that other competitors are also developing to enable people to control temperature, lighting and security devices in homes.

An evolving partnership after decades of distrust would involve a greater role for Russia in the U.S.-NATO war in Afghanistan. But many Russians, remembering the bloody conflict of the 1980s, fear that history might repeat itself.

President Barack Obama and many of his constituents have blasted Bashar Al Assad in the light of increased violence in Syria - as well as ambassador Robert Ford. David Schenker of The New Republic argues that Ford is being unfairly blamed and that all the talk with no action gets Syria nowhere.