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Many people know how to buy things in cyberspace. But what about doing business in outer space? That's the question PayPal wants to answer. Citing the looming era of space tourism, the company is starting the Galactic project with the SETI Institute, to "make universal space payments a reality."

Researchers are developing a technology that could draw carbon dioxide directly out of the air. It's very expensive now, but it works, and one company is already trying to identify a market for all that captured greenhouse gas.

A $99 video game console funded through Kickstarter went on sale this week. Ouya is significantly cheaper than the big-brand consoles and also relies on a different business model. Games are sold through something like an app store, allowing customers to sample them before buying.

A Connecticut couple couldn't decide whether to name their soon-to-be-born son Jackson or Logan. So according to the New Haven Register, they decided to take a poll of customers at Starbucks. In the end, they went with their own suggestion: Logan Jackson.

After 21 years on the air, today is the final broadcast of NPR's Talk of the Nation. Host Michel Martin speaks with Neal Conan, the host of the program, about his 12 years in the host chair, and 36 years at the network.

Sgt. Lawrence Hutchins was convicted of killing an Iraqi civilian in April of 2006. A court found a Navy investigator violated his constitutional rights.

The reasons Paula Deen couldn't stay on at Food Network are right there in a show it produces.

Sandra Bullock (Miss Congeniality) is back with the FBI, but this time she's not headed to a beauty pageant. She's joined by a nasty, tough, sailor-mouth…

A federal grand jury indicted Dzohkhar Tsarnaev on 30 counts, including using a weapon of mass destruction and killing four people. U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz says Tsarnaev could face a punishment of life in prison, or possibly the death penalty.

Who will be presiding over the same-sex marriages that are expected to start up again, perhaps next month? An 80-year-old retired woman, among others.