Even in the age of video games, pinball remains one of America’s great pastimes, and its popularity appears to be on the rise. And there’s one special place where you can flip back in time and see its evolution: The Pacific Pinball Museum in Alameda, Calif. Dana Jacobson pays a visit. Source

Newlyweds from Indianapolis are recovering at a Florida hospital after a near-death experience on their honeymoon. The couple was hiking on a dormant volcano in St. Kitts, when the husband plunged more than 50 feet. His new wife was the only one around to rescue him. Jamie Yuccas has their story. Source

Woman swept away by a river in Alaska was trying to reach an abandoned bus made famous by the book and film “Into the Wild” Source

Barneys New York, one of America’s best-known luxury retailers, is now offering a new kind of indulgence. In their Beverly Hills store is The High End, a specialty shop dedicated to marijuana accessories. Jamie Wax reports. Source

It is the biggest algae bloom in the world: a 5,000-mile mass of seaweed stretching from Africa to the Caribbean. Across the Yucatan Peninsula, massive waves of the growth, called sargassum, are washing up on beaches day after day, and scientists are trying to figure out why. Jeff Glor reports. Source

More than 1,000 residents of hard-hit Itbayat island were advised not to return to their homes Source

Syria releases American man held captive; “Old Coots” dole out wisdom at Salt Lake City farmer’s market. Source

American returns home from detainment in Syria; Relic from Normandy invasion returns home. Source

It’s unknown when the next execution will be scheduled. Fourteen of the 116 inmates on death row in Arizona have exhausted all appeals of their sentences Source

In Puerto Rico, Gov. Ricardo Rosselló leaves office one week from Friday. But many of the problems that led to weeks of protest and his resignation remain. David Begnaud reports. Source