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This year's honorees include debut novelist Tea Obreht and poet Adrienne Rich. The winners will be announced next month.

For the first time in nearly a quarter-century, the Girl Scouts of the USA have updated their badges.

The Guardian reports the resignation was prompted by a circulation scheme uncovered by the paper, while Dow Jones says Andrew Langhoff resigned after an internal investigation found two articles that appeared in the paper were arranged through a deal with its circulation department.

In 2007, artist Lonni Sue Johnson contracted viral encephalitis, leading to severe brain damage and amnesia. But language and crossword puzzles have unlocked Johnson's ability to remember how to play the viola and create simpler, childlike art — and that intrigues scientists at Johns Hopkins University.

In 1947, Dutch colonial soldiers massacred all the men in the Indonesian village of Rawagede. Now, a Dutch court has ruled that the Dutch government must compensate the surviving widows of the victims — but the amount is still to be determined.

Responding to a request from Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.), billionaire Warren Buffett said he made $63 million and paid $7 million in taxes in 2010. That's a 17 percent tax rate — less than what his secretary pays.

A drilling boom in Pennsylvania is helping the economies of Rust Belt cities long accustomed to bad news. Drilling requires lots of steel and that has manufacturers expanding and hiring new workers.

Apple's new smartphone, the iPhone 4S, lands in stores Friday, armed with a voice assistant and a new camera. One of the new iPhone's biggest rivals will be the Motorola Bionic, which runs on Google's Android operating system. Both phones are very capable, and very fast, says Rich Jaroslovsky.

U.S. banks have become cautious about lending to European banks, and money markets are pulling out. But there are other, indirect ways Europe's problems bounce back, making it hard to quantify the threat to the U.S. financial system.

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