Radio Pangaea: The Long Road Home

The Roman Catholic Church in Scotland says singing sensation Susan Boyle will likely perform for Pope Benedict XVI on his tour of Britain later this year. Alvin Greene, a 32-year-old unemployed military veteran defeated Vic Rawl on Tuesday for the Democratic Senate nomination despite having run essentially no public campaign — no events, no signs, no debates, no website, no fundraising. The judge overseeing a lawsuit by thousands of ground zero workers exposed to World Trade Center dust has called a proposed new settlement "a very good deal." A mother searched for her son and daughter for 15 years, fearing she had lost them forever to the estranged husband who took them to his native Mexico, finds them on Facebook. The sun is about to get a lot more active, which could have ill effects on Earth.