In some Indian villages, the decisions of unelected councils of male elders carry more weight than the law. An attempted murder and accusations of gang violence shine a light on a once-private Hasidic village. "Foreskin Man" comic creator defends his work as anti-circumcision, not anti-Semitic,
Yemen, already accustomed to mere subsistence, teeters on ruin. Germans interested in romanticizing war play confederates during Civil War reenactments. Legal analysis of the Strauss-Kahn case. Op: France determined to run the IMF to conceal how Eurozone led its members into serious fiscal jeapordy. Businessmen rush to create next
European doctors up against an E.Coli outbreak from a rare, antibiotic-resistant bacteria. U.S. doctors: Mutations are common, and E.Coli should never be fed antibiotics--containment is vital. It's not normal to think you're going to be killed in the very next second.
He made your job easy some nights. ESPN writers share "random acts of Shaqness." A panda pregnancy at the National Zoo is a longshot, but the panda keepers there are ready for the unexpected. Jessa Crispin remembers Sassy, hopes Jane's new magazine doesn't get
Retired Japanese engineers over 60 volunteer to face Fukushima's radiation. Op: Medicine trains, hires, and pays doctors to be cowboys, but it's pit crews that patients need. Review of studies used by World Health Organisation agency to prove cell phones "possibly" cause cancer. Audio:
Anticipating a summer of energy conservation, Japanese government encourages businesses to go casual--to little applause. Spain wants compensation for its vegetables, the export of which dried up when Germany mistakenly blamed them for an E.Coli outbreak. With a plan to resurrect rivers, architecture team wants to return Mexico
Herman Cain, GOP protest candidate, starting to gain "real candidate" momentum. Leader of Navy's Blue Angels resigns over unsafe maneuver. J. Malcolm Garcia reports Mubarak's trial in Cairo. Egypt prepared an internet shut-off switch as early as 2008. Video: "Mute" button
Scientists spot areas of groundwater depletion around the world, steer findings away from policy-making and conflict-generating. Pentagon says cyber attacks qualify as acts of war--though military retaliation must remain equivalent. The global supply chain may be surviving without Japan, but experts warn that China can't
Homeland security ends post-9/11 registration of Arabs and Muslims; citizens still caught in the system. Once an Australian term for stolen goods, "swag" is having a moment as hip-hop's darling. Sachs crows for Nigeria's "historic opportunity"; how about a
Prisons struggle to contain smuggling of an opiate treatment that often arrives inside children's drawings. Scientists find rampant fish mislabeling in markets, restaurants; U.S. diners can soon trace beef via DNA. Analysis of lunar magma shows there's water inside the Moon. Slideshow of China'
