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  • Why Observing Prostate Cancers Is Gaining Ground On Surgery
    An panel of experts convened by the National Institutes of Health suggests doctors should rethink their approach to treating prostate cancers. One of the recommendations is most low-risk prostate tumors shouldn't be labeled as cancer in the first place.
  • A police officer, center, falls down as he tries to detain a demonstrator during protests against alleged vote rigging in Russia's parliamentary elections in Triumphal Square in Moscow.
    As Protests Face Hurdles, Gorbachev Calls For New Elections In Russia
    Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said parliamentary elections were "unfair."
  • Teachers have been fired for comments they posted on Facebook, which raises free speech issues and questions about how teachers should interact on social media.
    Friendly Advice For Teachers: Beware Of Facebook
    A New Jersey teacher posted comments on Facebook against a gay history exhibit at her school. Another teacher could lose her job for a post in which she called her students future criminals. Incidents like this around the country spark heated debates over privacy and free speech.
  • Shape Up, America, Before It's Too Late
    Americans are healthier today than they were 20 years ago. But increases in obesity and diabetes threaten to overwhelm the progress we've made on smoking, violent crime and deaths from heart disease and strokes.
  • 'Dr. Doom' Fears Another Financial Crisis Is Coming
    New York University professor Nouriel Roubini says Europe's debt troubles are so profound, the continent is falling into a "recession that will get worse and worse."
  • Penn State Abuse Scandal: A Guide And Timeline
    Details behind the sexual abuse charges against former Penn State assistant Jerry Sandusky.
  • German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Europe's economic turmoil is the continent's greatest crisis since World War II. But critics say she has been doing too little and lacks a bold vision for solving Europe's problems.
    Can Angela Merkel Fix Europe's Economic Crisis?
    As leader of Europe's most powerful economy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is one of the most influential figures on the world stage. Supporters say she is trying to reshape Europe for the long term. But critics have derided her response to the debt crisis as too slow and unimaginative.
  • Officials Detail Plans To Fight Homegrown Terrorism
    The Obama administration's new approach treats the threat as a public safety issue, like drugs or gangs. It aims to enlist local officials for help in spotting potentially violent extremists.
  • Soldiers of the 4th U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment, E Company, pose for a photograph at Fort Lincoln, Md., one of several fortifications ringing Washington, D.C., during the Civil War.
    Black Scholar Of The Civil War Asks: Who's With Me?
    The Civil War ended slavery in America. So why, asks author Ta-Nehisi Coates, do African-Americans, who benefited most from this crucial turning point, take so little interest in the conflict? Coates, a confessed Civil War obsessive, wrote an essay for The Atlantic titled "Why Do So Few Blacks Study the Civil War?"
  • High Stakes For Europe, World Economy In Brussels
    France and Germany are trying to persuade other European countries to sign onto a package of reforms aimed at shoring up the embattled euro. They're hoping to win agreement in time for Friday's big summit of European leaders in Brussels. A failure to reach agreement could send the wrong signal to the financial markets, which are already deeply worried about Europe's fiscal problems.
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