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Florida Gov. Rick Scott wants to steer students toward certain degrees. He says "tax dollars" should not "educate more people who can't get jobs in anthropology." By the way, his daughter got a degree in anthropology, but ended up working in a different field.

The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll gives him an advantage over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. The usual caveats apply: It's still very early in the race and the polls have relatively large margins of error.

Among the day's news: BlackBerry works to restore service; Cain leads in second GOP poll; 23 deaths now tied to listeria outbreak.

In a simple ceremony, King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck married "commoner bride" Jetsun Pema.

A French journalist accused the former head of the International Monetary Fund of assaulting her. Earlier this year, New York prosecutors dropped their investigation of a maid's claim that he attacked her.

Though it's thought to be the longest sentence ever for insider trading, prosecutors had wanted the Galleon Fund manager to be put away for much longer.

'Better for you' food products drove more than 70 percent of food company sales growth in the last five years, a new analysis says. Although a food activist suggests that the numbers could be a bit misleading.

More soldiers are returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with wounds that would have been fatal a decade ago. The injuries have led to advances in combat medicine but have challenged the health care systems meant to help veterans back home. War reporter David Wood talks with Fresh Air about the hurdles facing these troops and their families.

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said Bush should be prosecuted for his role in the torture of detainees. The Canadian government said there's no chance of that happening.

"We know," the president said today, that "there are individuals in the Iranian government who were aware" of a plan to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States.