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In Texas, a 2,000-year-old Roman sculpture turned up at a Goodwill store. What followed, for one woman, was a years-long effort to learn how it got there and to try to return it to its rightful owner.

David J. Linden received a terminal cancer diagnosis and was told he had between six and 18 more months to live.

Pork producers are feeling threatened by efforts to change their industry.

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa tweeted today that he has submitted his resignation, “effective immediately,” amid his country's worst economic crisis in decades.

Ralph Neas is president of People for the American Way, a national social justice organization. He was executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights when he led the successful effort to block the nomination of Robert Bork to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1987.

Investors are trying to find stability in a volatile market. Bonds are usually a safer investment, but even the bond market is down this year.

Those seeking to elude border patrols to find work in the United States must also avoid a range of possible calamities that are increasingly landing them in U.S. hospitals. Smugglers' use of unsafe, overcrowded vehicles is straining medical resources along the border.

The Supreme Court rules in a 5-3 vote that workers in some cases can win age discrimination claims in court without proving intentional discrimination. The court said employers adopting policies that disproportionately affect workers over the age of 40 can be sued.

NPR's Julie Rovner describes why lawsuit reform is such a key issue for President Bush and the specific measures he is backing.

Gary Larson's "The Far Side" cartoons delighted in placing bugs in hilariously human situations. A scientist at Oregon State University uses Larson's cartoons to help students learn -- and laugh -- about insects.