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Those chills up and down your spine could mean more than just the thrill. An anthropologist tells us what these scary stories reveal. Click — if you dare — for tales of terror.

An email thread released Wednesday is raising more questions about whether lanes were closed on the George Washington Bridge as political payback. The emails indicate that top officials in New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's administration are involved in the closures — motivated more by politics than a traffic study, as originally claimed.

The legendary saxophonist and jazz composer shares his top four songs for the springtime.

A report issued Friday by the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee says claims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction were "not supported by the underlying intelligence." The report blames the CIA for overstating the threat and criticizes outgoing CIA Director George Tenet for skewing advice to top policy makers. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne and NPR's Tom Gjelten.

The University of Georgia is once again near the top of list of the best in the nation. UGA came in at number 10 on the New York Times College Access…

The University of Georgia and Georgia Tech are fighting a proposal to make them favor in-state residents in early admissions. They say a state senator's…

The Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico places 15 employees on mandatory leave as the FBI investigates the disappearance of two data storage devices containing classified information. The incident raises questions over the balance between protecting top secret research at the nuclear weapons lab and scientists who value working unhindered by elaborate security measures. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports.

A top U.S. government scientist who helped investigate deadly anthrax attacks in 2001 reportedly committed suicide as the federal probe shifted to him. Bruce Ivins, 62, was a bioresearcher at defense labs in Fort Detrick, Maryland.

A top State Department official wants to unleash the power of Twitter, Facebook and other services to crowdsource the fight to control the world's nuclear weapons.

Raskin has given himself until July 4th to announce his plans. He's weighing a run for the U.S. Senate after going into remission following intensive cancer treatment.