New Indian Law Takes Aim at Curbing Child Abuse This woman - who asked not to be identified -- says her sisters husband started sexually abusing her when she was nine years old. She eventually told her parents, but they did nothing. She says going to...
Report: Ecosystems More Stressed Than Ever When Super Storm Sandy ravaged the U.S. East Coast and inundated New York City in late October, many wondered if such extreme weather events might be linked to climate change, the gradual warming of the plan...
Ugandan Children Perform to Raise Awareness for Orphans Their dances are joyful. Their voices raise awareness about the orphaned children in Uganda. With vibrant African music, the Watoto Childrens Choir guides audiences through their life-transformi...
Can US Win its War on Drugs? Anthony Papa spent 12 years in prison for attempting to deliver 125 grams of cocaine, his first and only try. His profit would have been $500. Although he discovered his talent for art behind bars, others suffered. I was...
Movie, Game Violence Are Focus in Wake of School Shooting When Chris Nolans film The Dark Knight Rises came out in July, the on-screen death and destruction served as the backdrop to a mass shooting during its premiere in Aurora, Colorado. The shoote...
US Hopes to Resolve Iran Nuclear Standoff in 2013 There were three high-level meetings between world powers and Iran in 2012. But by years end, the two sides were not near resolution on Iran's controversial nuclear program. The West fears Iran is dev...
Senator Kerry Has Extensive Foreign Policy Credentials Globetrotting and world affairs are nothing new to John Kerry, a five-term senator who is chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations. His duties have taken him to conflict zones and kept him...
Global Infertility Rates Generally Hold Steady The World Health Organization says infertility rates around the world have remained relatively stable since 1990. Almost 50 million couples worldwide were unable to have a child after five years of tryin...
Beat Refinery Teaches DJ Hopefuls Hip Moves What I am doing is called beat juggling. Essentially you are taking one record and putting it on both turntables, so while this one plays I am getting this one ready to start back of the beginning of the lo...
Building Relationships in LA Brings Down Crime Rate A quiet afternoon is interrupted with the sound of helicopters as dozens of officers from the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department and California Highway Patrol capture a suspect in a robbery and shooti...
Thai Schools for Migrants Aim to Prevent Child Labor 9-year-old Nu Nu Wai would like to go to school full time and become a painter. But, as a child of migrant workers from Burma her parents cannot make enough money so she only attends 10 days a mont...
US Army Corps of Engineers Works to Avert Crisis on Mississippi River It is a familiar routine for the crew members of the Dredge Potter, making their way along the Mississippi River to the growing number of shallow trouble spots and digging in. The...
Archeologist: Mayans Did Not Predict Apocalypse The Maya 2012 exhibit greets you with fictionalized images of the apocalypse. So many of the objects in this gallery came from excavations carried out by our museum, said Loa Traxler, the exhibit's cura...
Boy's Cardboard Creation Becomes Web Sensation In a working class neighborhood of east Los Angeles, there is an auto parts store which has become famous. People fly in from all around the world, says owner George Monroy. They take taxis here. The vis...
Museum of Egyptian Revolution Vividly Chronicles Uprising Opposition protests continue several nights a week in front of the presidential palace. But during the day, when the street is more quiet, anyone passing by can stop in at the Museum of the Eg...
