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The Swedes are fiercely devoted to almond paste- and whipped cream-filled semla. (One king died after gorging on them.) And the day before Lent is game time for feasting before the fast.

The Supreme Court hears arguments on the ban Wednesday, and a bipartisan group of former national security officials from the Reagan to Obama administrations are urging the court to strike it down.

It takes an IndyCar pit crew about seven seconds to replace four tires and refuel. It's high stakes on race day and a lot can go wrong in the pits. One misstep can cost a race — or worse.

Decisions about high blood pressure have gotten thornier over the past couple of years. There's no consensus on when to start treatment with drugs. The latest evidence adds to the confusion.

For an authentically Irish St. Patrick's Day meal, why not give the blaa a try? This roll from the town of Waterford is a protected Irish food heritage product, and the subject of fierce allegiances.

They are a concise lesson in world history, reflecting wars won and lost, economic growth and decline and a country's overall standing in the world.

Volcker took the top job at the Federal Reserve in 1979, at a time when inflation was spiraling out of control. He is credited with taming it.

It turns out that when scientists collaborate internationally, they are more like to have an impact on science than purely domestic collaborations.

More questions for the panel: What's Cooking In South Asia, Contraband at Gitmo, Rick Perry Does His Best Andrew McCarthy, and Iran Toys with Us.

It's been a contest of surprises, with a series of candidates rising to the top to fill the anybody-but-Romney role. So it really shouldn't come as a surprise that on the day of the first-in-the-South primary in South Carolina, it's uncertain what the outcome will be or what comes next.