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Get A Social Security Check? Treasury Says It's Time To Go Electronic

by: Brian Naylor

Every month, the government sends out about 5 million checks to Americans who receive federal benefits. On March 1, the Treasury Department is making those paper checks a thing of the past.

by: Peter Overby

These should be good times for Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez.

by: Rachel Gotbaum

It was her own experience with debilitating side effects after cancer treatment that led Dr.

by: Dana Farrington

To get the newest military medal, you don't have to have been on the front lines. In fact, you could work very, very far from any combat.

by: Tina Antolini

Just inside a room on the second floor of the Louisiana State Museum's The Presbytere, there's a large baby doll dress, big enough for a woman to wear. And actually, one did.

by: Eyder Peralta

If you watched any of NASA TV's live coverage of asteroid 2012 DA14 buzzing Earth

by: Tamara Keith

Senate Democrats offered an alternative Thursday to the sequester, the automatic, across-the-board spending cuts set to hit March 1.

by: Lucy Craft

Standing in front of a giant heart made of pink tulips, businessman Yoshiharu Nishiguchi tells his wife — along with a bank of TV cameras and curious bystanders — that he is utterly devoted to her.

Obama To Congress: With Or Without You

by: Alan Greenblatt

President Obama called repeatedly on Congress to address issues of paramount importance to the country during his State of the Union address Tuesday.

by: Tom Gjelten

There have been security flaws in software as long as there has been software, but they have become even more critically important in the context of cyberweapons development.

by: Tom Gjelten

With the Pentagon now officially recognizing cyberspace as a domain of warfare, U.S. military commanders are emphasizing their readiness to defend the nation against cyber threats from abroad.

by: Alix Spiegel

This story begins with a group of people who are expert at looking: the professional searchers known as radiologists.

by: Dina Temple-Raston

Pretrial hearings resume Monday in the death penalty trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other men accused of planning the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

by: NPR Staff

For Valentine's Day, maybe you'll post a photo of your loved one on Facebook, tweet out a love poem or text message your secret crush.

by: Elise Hu

If you've wondered why the blizzard dumping snow on the Northeast has a name, look no further than The Weather Channel.

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