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Today's laugh break: The face-to-butt collision Tuesday night when the Houston Astros' Jonathan Villar slid into second and collided with Reds infielder Brandon Phillips' backside. It's drawing comparisons to Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez's infamous "butt fumble."

Glen James, who has been homeless for about five years, says he never even thought about keeping the money he found. Inspired by his story, contributors have been giving to an online fundraising campaign that its creator hopes will change James' life.

The collision tore apart the front of the bus. No one aboard the passenger train was killed, authorities say, but there were fatalities on the bus.

The debate can be heard across borders. Foreign workers are now finding jobs in highly homogeneous countries such as South Korea. But in other rapidly aging countries such as Japan, policymakers are wary of allowing immigrant labor.

The regulation, part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law, is one of two measures of the act that the SEC has yet to implement.

An analysis of gun ownership, crime and mental illness in 27 countries found that firearms deaths were more strongly associated with how many people own guns. The rate of mental illness appeared only weakly correlated with firearms deaths.

The release of as many as 11 people, including a prominent human rights attorney and opposition politicians, comes just days ahead of a visit to the United Nations by newly elected President Hassan Rouhani.

Many of the cost factors that people think are the most important pale in comparison to those that actually are. Mismanagement and fraud top the list. New technologies and treatments are low. Most people think beneficiaries pay their own way or have prepaid for care, neither of which is the the case.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is taking a new look at the effectiveness of mandatory minimum sentences, and the movement to change the system has got some surprising allies, including some federal judges and many Republicans.

Robert Siegel speaks with automotive reporter Michele Maynard about the death and legacy of Eiji Toyoda, the former president and later chairman of Toyota.