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Teens are committing half as many violent crimes as they were a decade ago, according to the Justice Department. Experts cite a variety of reasons for the drop, including demographics, the changing economy and new approaches by police.

A Colorado woman faces misdemeanor charges for refusing to show an ID to Department of Homeland Security guards while riding a public bus. Guards routinely seek ID before the bus goes through a federal office complex in Denver. Deborah Davis says she's resisting unconstitutional intrusions on her personal liberty.

USC dismantles UCLA 66-19 and Texas bludgeons Colorado 70-3 in their final tests before college football's national championship game in January. Both schools are undefeated. Southern Cal's Trojans are seeking to repeat as national champs.

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether law schools should be allowed to bar military recruiters from their campuses due to the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on homosexuality. Madeleine Brand talks with Slate legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick about oral arguments made in the case Tuesday.

A piece of Detroit music history is torn down to make way for Super Bowl parking. The Motown Center, which once housed the famous record label, had been abandoned for more than 30 years.

A Miami couple has been charged with spying for Fidel Castro. Federal prosecutors allege Carlos Alvarez, 61, and his 55-year-old wife, Elsa Alvarez, led a double life as undercover agents for Cuba while working as professors at Florida International University.

Top-ranked American skeleton racer Zach Lund has been cleared by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to compete in the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. He had tested positive for a banned substance that is often used to mask steroid use, but he said he used it to treat balding.

The word glitch may appear at first glance to be a piece of modern slang, like Snafu. But the fact is that it has been around for at least a century in American slang, and much longer before that in Europe.

Doctors who performed the world's first partial face transplant provide an update on the procedure and the patient's condition. The recipient was a 38-year-old French woman who had been mauled by a dog.

Scott Peterson, Middle East correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor, describes what it's like to be on patrol with U.S. Marines in the Fallujah area. Last month, he was embedded with the Marine company that controls most of northeast Fallujah.

Six men forced from their homes by violence in Sierra Leone have transformed their experience into a musical calling. The Refugee All Stars are now the subject of a feature-length documentary that follows their performances.

On the CD Goulash!, Matt Haimovitz and his stringed instrument explore the music of Hungary, Romania and Transylvania. And he throws in a version of the rock band's "Kashmir" for good measure.