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Next up for Obama: Major effort on climate change

The president is preparing a plan to use executive orders to target the pollution that leads to global warming

Bernanke holds the line on Fed monetary policy

But Federal Reserve signals it could start winding down bond purchases later this year

Bernanke sends stocks, bonds skittering

Amid mildly positive economic news, Fed notice that it may start withdrawing monetary stimulus this year chills investors

James Gandolfini: 1961-2013

The Emmy-winning actor, best known for his portrayal of a conflicted New Jersey mob boss on "The Sopranos," has died at the age of 51

Stars pay tribute to James Gandolfini

Michael Chiklis, Steve Carell, Olivia Wilde and Ewan McGregor among the stars who shared condolences for "The Sopranos" star on Twitter

Nuclear waste clean-up delayed and billions over budget

Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state is leaking 1,000 gallons of waste each year, and a project to clean it up has stalled

3 football players charged in Naval Academy rape case

U.S. Navy athletes are accused of sexually assaulting a female midshipmen while she was blacked out

Naval Academy student speaks out on alleged rape

20-year-old student who is still in school admits she was drinking heavily the night of the incident, but says that does not change the facts

FBI director acknowledges domestic drone use

CBS News has learned that the FBI has used small model airplane-sized surveillance drones on 10 or 12 occasions

FBI Director: Surveillance "has been instrumental" in stopping terror threats

FBI Director Robert Mueller says NSA surveillance programs have contributed to - or been instrumental in - the stopping of terrorist threats

Miller: Terror plots would have been executed, if not for NSA surveillance

CBS News senior correspondent John Miller discusses thwarted terror operations and the NSA's surveillance program

Ex-Playmate pleads guilty in immigrant smuggling case

Colleen Shannon has admitted helping her Canadian boyfriend after he illegally entered the U.S. in northern N.Y. last summer

Watch: Rare twin birth for gorilla in Dutch zoo

A mother gorilla gave birth to twins in the Dutch Burgers' Zoo, a rare occurrence among gorillas - especially for those in captivity

Rare twin gorillas born in Dutch zoo

Zookeepers were shocked when 20-year-old mother gorilla give birth to two baby apes, a boy and a girl

John Paul II a step closer to sainthood

A Vatican commission has approved a miracle attributed to John Paul II's intercession

Serena Williams sorry for "what I supposedly said" on rape

Steubenville rape comments in Rolling Stone from top-ranked tennis star lead to apology posted to her website

Obesity's "disease" risk no secret despite new classification

Rising obesity rates have been linked to increases in diabetes, heart disease, cancers

FBI: No sign of Jimmy Hoffa's body in Detroit suburb

Bureau calls off search in Michigan field just a few hours after digging resumed on third day

Airborne laser reveals hidden city in Cambodia

Airborne laser technology has uncovered a network of roadways and canals, illustrating a bustling ancient city linking Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temple complex

Celebration and devotion in India

Observant Hindus gather to mark religious holidays this month