Maryland Shop Cooks Up Chocolate Vote Making chocolate is chef Randy Olmsteads specialty and passion. And this election season, he has cooked up something special for his customers: a political truffle campaign. He came up with the idea during the 20...
Once Thriving Religious Sect Leaves Its Mark One of the swankiest suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio, is Shaker Heights, and its not named for any kind of food shaker or for a Mister Shaker. Nor are Shakertown, Kentucky; Hancock Shaker Village in Massachuset...
Nigerian Gold Miners Seek the Right to Mine Gold mining in this part of northern Nigeria is not glamorous. But these men say its more dignified than extreme poverty, which used to be the norm around here. Sani Bila heads a local mining association. A...
Euro Crisis Fuels Pro-Independence Movements Scotland already has its own parliament in Edinburgh. The ruling Scottish National Party wants to break away entirely from the United Kingdom. First Minister Alex Salmond has secured a referendum on Scotla...
European Leaders Take Partial Step Toward Stabilization European leaders gathered in Brussels from all parts of the region and nearly as many points of view. In the end, they agreed to move toward tighter control of banks in countries that use the eu...
Syrian Rebels Bogged Down in Aleppo In the divided Syrian city of Aleppo, rebels of the Free Syria Army are preparing a mission into the battle zone. They hold a short planning session and then head out through a firefight along their street. Inside...
Using Innovation to Boost Farming Innovation will be the theme at the upcoming Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development. It gets under way later this month in Uruguay. The conference, known as GCARD II, will consider the challenges...
Tuberculosis Cases Down, Disease Still A Major Killer The news from the World Health Organization is mixed: some 20 million people are alive today as a result of international efforts to control tuberculosis and care for those who have it. As a resul...
Lake Sediment Could Better Date Ancient Finds Radiocarbon dating is the best-known and most widely used method to determine the age of organic material, such as bone or wood or plant matter. All such material contains radioactive carbon atoms, known...
Falconer Uses Birds to Give Young People Hope Rodney Stotts says he found his calling through birds of prey. I love my birds like I love life. Theyre part of my family, said Stotts. Working with birds, he says, helped the former drug dealer turn his...
Mali Military Intervention Support Growing In Mali's capital city of Bamako Men gather every morning at roadside newspaper vendors to debate the headlines, more specifically, what to do about the north dominates discussion. The territory fell to al-Q...
Obama, Romney Spar in Second Debate With his poll numbers fading after a listless performance in the first debate, President Obama was far more energetic and aggressive in the second debate. He and Governor Romney tangled in a town hall-style forum a...
Some Illegal Immigrants Allowed to Stay Under Obama Order Monica Sibri and Yohan Garcia are friends. Garcia came to the United States when he was 15, Sibri when she was 16. He is eligible to remain in the country for now; she is not. President Obama...
Effort Underway to Boost US Voter Participation Shakei Haynes is helping college students register to vote in the November election. He's been doing this since 2005 when he was 16-years-old. Now he's a political science student at Howard University i...
Interfaith Worshipers Celebrate Sea, Surf Each morning at Huntington Beach, which calls itself Surf City, the surfers are out early to catch the waves. It is a passion and a lifestyle, said veteran surfer Tom Morey, who invented a modified surfboard...
