Judge Thelton Henderson did not take any action against the Oakland Police Department Thursday but instead gave the city until January to address reform efforts.  

(AP Photo/University of California, Berkeley, Shinji Nishimoto)

Scientists at the University of California-Berkeley have designed a way to decode, then recreate, human perception -- a breakthrough that someday could be used to reproduce dreams, fantasies, memories and the other images from inside our heads.  

Republican and Democratic lawmakers came out swinging at Friday's hourlong hearing about bankrupt Fremont solar manufacturer Solyndra. Brian Harrison, Solyndra's CEO, and W.G. "Bill Stover," the company's chief financial officer, both invoked their Fifth Amendment right to remain silent and refused to answer any questions.