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  • Though some people might need more of specific vitamins, multivitamins don't help most people, studies say.
    The Case Against Multivitamins Grows Stronger
    Vitamin deficiencies can cause deadly diseases like scurvy, and other major health problems like spina bifida. But for most people, adding a multivitamin to their daily routine doesn't affect their health at all, studies say. Still, 40 percent of Americans continue to take multivitamins.
  • Kurt DelBene, former president of the Microsoft Office Division, talks about Microsoft Office 365 at a news conference in San Francisco, in 2010.
    Microsoft Executive Will Now Run HealthCare.gov
    Formerly, Kurt DelBene oversaw Microsoft's Office division. He will take over for Jeff Zients, who was appointed after the website launched with crippling issues.
  • President Obama talks about drones and national security earlier this year at the National Defense University in Washington.
    Obama's Year Of Disappointing The Liberal Base
    President Obama frustrated and angered many of his supporters this year, from his policies on drones and spying to his muddled message on whether to authorize airstrikes in war-torn Syria. He will end the year with sagging approval ratings.
  • Protesters in San Francisco block a Google bus, which shuttles employees from the city to its location in Silicon Valley.
    In A Divided San Francisco, Private Tech Buses Drive Tension
    Some of the most heated protests in San Francisco have been over big, sleek buses — private shuttles that Silicon Valley tech companies like Google and Facebook use to get their city-living employees to work. They've become a symbol of the city's changing socioeconomic landscape.
  • A mother waits with her child at an HIV clinic in Nyagasambu, Rwanda, in February 2008. The clinic was built with a grant from the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief initiative.
    How The U.S. Helped Fight The Global AIDS Epidemic
    Ten years ago Congress approved a $15 billion plan to combat HIV in developing countries. Since then, the global health initiative has funded HIV treatment for nearly 7 million people and prevented hundreds of thousands of babies from getting infected during childbirth.
  • Virtual Currency Bitcoin Drops In Value
    The tumble is due in part to China's central bank which had issued a warning about the currency.
  • Fla. School To Change Name Tied To Ku Klux Klan Leader
    A school board in Jacksonville, Fla., has decided that one of its schools should no longer be named after Ku Klux Klan grand wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest. He was also a general in the Civil War. Nathan Bedford Forrest High School received its name in the 1950s, and for decades the decision has been debated.
  • NPR's <a href="http://apps.npr.org/affordable-care-act-questions/">interactive guide</a> to the Affordable Care Act.
    Your Questions About The American Health Care Act
    What questions do you have about the new national health care law known as Obamacare? Use NPR's interactive guide to answer them.
  • How low will they go?
    Already Down 50 Percent, Will Bitcoin Bite The Dust?
    Chinese authorities' are cracking down on use of the virtual currency. So the value of a bitcoin has plunged. Many experts expect further declines.
  • Amaryllis: What's in a Name?
    During a week when holiday blooms appear at every turn, we'll look at the history of the giant amaryllis bulb and pause from our shopping long enough to…
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