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<p>Last March: A deer runs across the road in Pittsburg, N.H. </p>

Smarter Deer? Smarter Drivers? Both? Fewer Being Killed On Roads

According to State Farm Insurance, there were 1.1 million deer-vehicle collisions between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011, down 7 percent from the previous year.

<p>Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI), looks at his papers while talking about U.S. companies recieving large tax breaks, during a news conference on Capitol Hill.</p>

Report: 2004 Overseas Profits Tax Break Was A 'Failed' Policy

The report comes just as Congress introduced bills proposing a similar tax break. The report found that corporations receiving the break cut 20,000 jobs.

States Consider Drug Test Requirement For Benefits

Dozens of states are considering laws that would require drug testing for government benefit recipients. Those in favor say it would help ensure that tax dollars are used properly, but opponents say it would perpetuate stereotypes about the poor and withhold help from those who need it.

<p>Daily supplements come under fire for a lack of proved benefits and mounting evidence about risks.</p>

Supplements Look Risky In Study Of Older Women

Use of many common supplements — iron, in particular — appeared to increase the risk of dying, and only calcium supplements appeared to reduce mortality risk. The increased risk amounted to a few percentage points in most instances.

Senate Passes Bill On Chinese Currency

The bill seeks to tax Chinese imports in an attempt to neutralize what some lawmakers see as an unfair advantage based on China's currency manipulation.

Senate Votes To Kill Obama's Jobs Bill

It was the first big test for Obama's plan. The president vowed, earlier, to move the $447 billion bill through the chambers piecemeal if the Senate failed to pass it today.

<p>It's hard to relate America's love for the NFL to the broader national temperament — but the league now dominates all sports. Here, a young Oakland Raiders fan watches his team on a recent Sunday.</p>

Football Uber Alles. Uber Alles, Football

In America, football is really big — and it's getting bigger. Football is now gigantic, monstrous, humongous. And it has done more than surpass baseball. It now simply looms alone above the American sportscape.

<p>Syrian refugees gather to protest Syrian President Bashar Assad at the Turkish Red Crescent camp in the Yayladagi district of the Turkish city of Hatay near the Syrian border on June 20. More than 7,000 Syrians are living in camps in Turkey.</p>

Syrian Refugees In Turkey Call For International Help

More than 7,500 Syrians who have fled political unrest in their country are staying in camps in southeast Turkey. Conditions at the camps are good, but there is anger at the indifference of Arab states and the international community toward protecting civilians inside Syria.

<p>A Spanish-language pamphlet for Cingular phone-rate information is displayed in a Cingular store in Elmhurst, Ill. Cingular announced in 2006 that it was converting 420 of its stores to "a bilingual concept," with both English and Spanish phone information and payment options, and bilingual staff members. </p>

Immigrant Parents Rely On Kids For Help Online

The digital divide separates those who have access to technology from those who don't. But there's another digital divide that has gotten less attention: Those who don't speak English are often ill-equipped to navigate the online world, even when they have good access to it. Kids are helping their parents bridge that gap.

Morning-after reviews say Mitt Romney helped his case, Gov. Rick Perry did not.

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