Roya Wolverson

Washington's economic sanctions have pushed Iran closer to trade partners like Russia and China.

Private for-profit firms contracted to provide foreign aid aren't often any better than the nonprofits they replace. 

Thanks to the Bush administration, for-profit aid work is a booming—and controversial—business.

For Demarcus Blackwell, having the "sex talk" with his 15-year-old son was "kind of embarrassing." But that was nothing compared with the idea of explaining sexual harassment to his preschooler. "He doesn't have the slightest clue about sex anything," says Blackwell, of Waco, Texas, whose 4-year-old son Christopher was suspended last year for sexual harassment when a female school aide reported that the child buried his face in her chest when she hugged him. "How do you explain what's a better...

The one thing travelers could reliably count on in their hotel rooms: a Bible in the bedside table. But like many traditions, this one may be dying.

For cash-strapped farmers with plenty of open land, wind-energy turbines offer a sorely needed windfall. But "not in my backyard" clashes are arising throughout the East and mid-Atlantic regions, pitting local farmers against "citiots"—people who "buy a second home and affect community decisions by being there two days a week," says Frank Masaino, spokesman for a mid-Atlantic coalition of wind developers.

Forget the knife in a cake. The hottest illegal device behind bars these days is the cell phone.

Lackawanna, N.Y., exudes the tranquility of old Americana. In its tidy rows of modest homes, neatly mowed lawns and mom & pop stores, there's a feeling that everybody is a neighbor.