Hurricane season forecast to be 'extremely active'

  Batten down the hatches. Forecasters said Wednesday that the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season is likely to be "above normal and possibly extremely active," predicting three to six major hurricanes this season.

Wall Street rises at midday after initial sell off

The global rout in stocks that spread from the U.S. to Asia to Europe and back to the U.S. overnight stalled by midday Thursday, when investors found some stocks too cheap to resist.

OlyTalk: Lochte says Phelps will return soon

OlyTalk: Michael Phelps denies that he'll make a comeback to swimming, but his friend and top rival, Ryan Lochte, said Phelps will be back.

Jennifer Aniston strips in new movie trailer

One of your 1990s "Friends" just got a heckuva lot more friendly. In the new trailer for her upcoming movie "We're the Millers," Jennifer Aniston plays a stripper who agrees to pretend to be a suburban mom to help Jason Sudeikis smuggle marijuana into the U.S.

Bring back PE: Exercise should be 'core' class, report says

  Children need a full hour of exercise in schools every day, and not just in physical education classes, the Institute of Medicine recommended on Thursday. Schools that have dumped education classes need to put them back on the schedule, the report recommends.

Solar-powered plane breaks distance record

The Swiss-made Solar Impulse plane landed in Dallas on Thursday, breaking the distance record for a solar-powered flight on the second leg of its coast-to-coast odyssey across America.

Bronx 'ghetto' tours stop amid residents' outrage