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Professor Chris Lowry needed to collect information on stream levels in Western New York but didn't have enough funding for the traditional methods, so he turned to a more creative option: crowdsourcing. Guest host Linda Wertheimer speaks with him about his research and the future of crowdsourcing in scientific inquiries.

The move appears to be the beginnings of revived peace talks. Secretary of State John Kerry announced Friday that there is enough agreement to begin initial talks as early as next week.

A South Carolina woman, new to the Catholic Church, is on her way to Brazil to see the pope. She tells host Rachel Martin that she feels Pope Francis is a role model for young Catholics.

Pope Francis travels to Rio de Janeiro on Monday for Catholic World Youth Day. Host Rachel Martin talks about the trip with Rocco Palmo, who writes the Catholic blog, Whispers in the Loggia.

The vote is seen as a mandate on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's aggressive monetary and fiscal stimulus programs, which have spurred growth after decades of deflation.

Organizers feared this year's Tour wouldn't generate the excitement of previous years. Not so.

Gov. Rick Snyder tells CBS' Face the Nation that he neither expects the offer of federal financial assistance nor thinks it would be a good idea.

New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand wants to give independent military prosecutors, rather than commanders, the power to decide which cases should be tried in military court.

The world is awash in "Royal Baby Fever," but in London, the much-trumpeted affliction is more of a summer silly season snuffle — spreading faster around the world than it is in the U.K.

A freight train with more than 70 fuel-filled tankers derailed and exploded in a small town on the Maine border two weeks ago. Authorities are still searching in the rubble.