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By threatening instead to use its chemical or biological weapons against "external aggression," the Assad regime is going up against customary international humanitarian law.

It didn't seem like U.S. sprinter Lauryn Williams' father would get to attend the Olympics to see her compete in 2004. But residents of her hometown in Rochester, Pa., raised money to make it happen, and he saw her win a silver medal. Tell us: Who's your hometown Olympian?

People diagnosed with conditions including autism, Alzheimer's and dementia often wander. Dean King of Outside Magazine, Robert Koester of the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, and Dr. James Harris talk about why, and the challenges of search and rescue missions to find them.

Justice wants to Congress to rethink release rules for well-behaved inmates.

A British investigation also found that Rupert Murdoch's tabloids accessed medical and other personal records illegally.

Arlene Holmes, the suspects mother, said her initial comments have been taken out of the context.

Flowers In The Attic is saucy and scandalous, but author Gillian Flynn says it was the complex, often evil women in the story that kept her turning the pages. Do you have a favorite female villain? Tell us about her in the comments.

The decision to forfeit the football team's victories since 1998 represents "a huge blow" all on its own, said author Ted Kluck. But that was only one of several harsh penalties leveled against the Nittany Lions.

The first reports of AIDS were from Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco among gay and bisexual men. Even now, you can see the lingering geographic contours of how the epidemic unfolded with AIDSVu, an interactive map developed by Emory University's school of public health.

In the Main Press Center, where thousands of journalists are gathered to cover the games, the call went out: Let the drinking begin! It was all part of a welcome party for the thousands of journalists covering the Summer Olympics.