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In Britain, eyebrows have been raised over the revelation this week that Starbucks has paid almost no corporate tax on its U.K. operations. For its part, the Seattle-based company insists it's done nothing wrong.

Stan Ovshinsky never went to college. He was a self-taught inventor and held hundreds of patents. He died this week after battling cancer at the age of 89.

It was four years ago, that U.S. taxpayers bailed out America's big banks. David Greene talks with David Wessel, economics editor at The Wall Street Journal, about the country's big banks, which have announced their latest earnings in the last week or two.

A judge in New York City is holding hearings on the controversial NYPD practice known as stop-and-frisk. This case focuses only on stops that take place in privately-owned apartment buildings. It's the first of three major legal challenges to stop-and-frisk to make it to court.

At the request of air traffic control, an Air Canada jumbo jet dropped down low over the ocean, and the captain instructed passengers to look out their windows in search of a yacht gone adrift. After 16 hours lost at sea, the sailor was rescued.

Also: Ill. Rep. Joe Walsh says abortions are never needed to save the life of a woman; and Syrian government jets drop cluster bombs on a rebel held town, killing many.

Ahmed Abu Khattala, leader of the Islamist militant group Ansar al-Sharia, says he hasn't been questioned about the attack that left the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans dead. But witnesses have put him at the scene.

The Rockettes practice hard, and when they practice, they're still pretty regimented.

On this week's show, we talk about the nature of suspense from Alfred Hitchcock to Ben Affleck, and Stephen gets serious about campaigning for a cover version of a song you might never expect.

Asked to speak in character, the actor got a little too much into the role on live national TV. He immediately apologized, as did show host Elizabeth Vargas. "Next time I'm on this show, there will be a 7-second delay," Hanks said.