The Alabama Crimson Tide rolled to their second straight BCS college football championship and third title in four years, dispatching Notre Dame 42-14 and prompting talk of a new dynasty. With NASA's estimation of 100 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy, data suggests there may be as many as 17 billion Earth-sized planets out there. South Sudan's second anniversary approaches, as civil war continues to rage on the border with Sudan to the north. New noise rules being proposed this week would require electric cars to be outfitted with external speakers to prevent the near silent cars from injuring the visually impaired. GOP Rep. Darrel Issa wants the Federal Trade Commission investigated as the possible source of leaks in 2012's antitrust case against Google.