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  • 5 Young Adult Novels That You'll Never Outgrow
    It was a strange and wonderful year for young adult fiction, says critic Maggie Stiefvater. This list rounds up five magical books for young adults and grown-ups alike.
  • Newt Gingrich and his wife, Callista, wave to supporters at an event in Atlanta after he was declared the winner of the Georgia primary.
    Romney Captures Ohio, Super Tuesday's Big Prize
    Mitt Romney won Super Tuesday's big prize of Ohio and five other states, but overall results were mixed, with Rick Santorum capturing three states and Newt Gingrich one. Romney won more delegates than Santorum but trailed among core GOP constituencies — Southerners and evangelicals.
  • Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who is accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians, will have the case heard in the military justice system, which has significant differences from the civilian courts. Here, Bales is shown in a training exercise in Fort Irwin, Calif., last August.
    Accused Sergeant Heads Down A Long Legal Road
    Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales faces a military justice system that works differently from civilian criminal law in the U.S. or in Afghanistan. It's a case that's expected to be lengthy and complicated.
  • Edison Charles, 19, contracted cholera early in 2011 and spent six days in a clinic. He says the disease is all over the Port-au-Prince slum of Cite Soleil: "The cholera is like death; it's going from door to door."
    Can Vaccines Break Cholera's Deadly Hold On Haiti?
    Haiti is suffering the world's worst cholera epidemic, killing more than 7,000 people since the outbreak began in October 2010. One aid group is pushing for a vaccination campaign. But critics worry about its efficacy — and that it may distract from improving access to clean water and sanitation.
  • House Financial Services Committee ranking member Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., (C) questions the heads of federal financial regulation organizations during a hearing on Capitol Hill June 19 in Washington, D.C. JPMorgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon also testified later in the day about his company's $2 billion trading loss earlier this year.
    The Nation: Jamie Dimon Finally Takes Some Heat
    After a relatively tame questioning in the Senate last week, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon received a harsher grilling Monday in the House. The Nation'sGeorge Zornick is glad, but he's skeptical as to whether it can help change financial regulation.
  • A U.S. UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flies over Somalia in September 1993, a month before the battle of Mogadishu.
    What A Downed Black Hawk In Somalia Taught America
    It's been 20 years since the Battle of Mogadishu, a mission gone wrong that cost 18 American lives. The operation and its aftermath left an opening for extremists, says journalist Mark Bowden, and made the U.S. more cautious about sending troops into foreign conflicts. Would the operation go differently today?
  • Attorney General Eric Holder (R) and Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Thomas Perez in 2010 in Washington, D.C.
    Justice's Voting Rights Unit Suffers 'Deep Ideological Polarization' Says Watchdog
    An inspector general investigation exposed deep fissures within the unit for the past dozen years and gave rise to perceptions of politicized and partial behavior by lawyers there.
  • A young immigrant caught crossing the border illegally is housed inside the McAllen Border Patrol Station in McAllen, Texas, last month.
    Trauma Plagues Many Immigrant Kids In U.S. Illegally
    Social service agencies and nonprofits are scrambling to figure out what they need to do to help the thousands of immigrant children who have come to the U.S. in recent months.
  • Fiesta settings are displayed at the Homer Laughlin China Co. showroom at the company's headquarters in Newell, W.Va. The line currently has 15 colors.
    W.Va. Pottery Company Keeps Popular Fiesta Line Thriving
    Homer Laughlin China Co. has been making the brightly colored Fiesta dishes for decades at its factory on the banks of the Ohio River. And it's still going strong.
  • Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during a Sept. 4 news conference at the Justice Department in Washington.
    Eric Holder To Step Down As Attorney General
    The nation's first black U.S. attorney general had a tumultuous tenure marked by civil rights advances, national security threats, sentencing reforms and battles with congressional Republicans.
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