Japanese political heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa and dozens of other lawmakers quit the ruling party on Monday over a plan to increase the sales tax, but the government will retain its majority in the powerful lower house of parliament. "I'm sure (prime minister) Noda has the champagne on ice. He'll be happy to see the back of Ozawa," said Jeffrey Kingston, a faculty member at Temple University, Japan Campus.

Americans heading to the summer Olympics in London will get the chance to sample the fruits of a bush that you can find right here. The elderberry bush can be huge with compact, lacy leaves. Eva Monheim, a landscape architecture lecturer at Temple University Ambler, says it has a lot of uses. “They do have strong anti-oxidants in the berries because of the deep, dark color. Because it has an astringent properties, it can be used for facial cures.”