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Editor and writer Walter Kirn's latest novel, Mission to America, is about a fictional quasi-religious group, the Aboriginal Fulfilled Apostles, seeking new converts to help them survive. The topic is one Kirn has experience with: When he was 12, Kirn's family became Mormons.

This year the Chinese National Offshore Oil Company made a bid to buy the American oil company Unocal. The bid, later withdrawn, sparked a new controversy between Washington and Beijing and reinforced China's status as a competitor for fuel. Mike Shuster has the third part of his series on China-U.S. relations.

The strongest Atlantic storm on record is heading for Florida. Wilma may weaken by the time it reaches Florida over the weekend, but the state isn't taking chances. Evacuations are ordered for the Keys.

The potent, apple-based liqueur Calvados is made from fermented apples in France's Normandy region and is inextricably linked to the area's traditions. This centuries-old brandy is made on the farm of distiller Vincent Boulard.

Seven weeks after Hurricane Katrina, workers are still finding bodies as they sift through the wreckage. Howard Berkes joined searchers in Waveland, Miss., as they attempt to find the remains of those missing.

While much of the Gulf Coast remains in a shambles, there's another sign that New Orleans is coming back. Its most famous coffee spot, Cafe Du Monde, served up chicory coffee and beignets Wednesday morning for the first time since Hurricane Katrina hit.

Commentator Gwen Macsai is the mother of three children. And she's finding that their standards for motherhood are higher than hers. And while she doesn't want to be a hypocrite, mothers like junk food, unmade beds and swearing too.

In the final installment of our four-part series on China-U.S. relations, Mike Shuster explores China's diplomatic role in the world. The United States has encouraged Chinese involvement with international issues like North Korea's nuclear weapons. But now, diplomacy has become another area where the U.S. and China are competitors.

Ed Gillespie, former chairman of the Republican National Committee and adviser to the president, discusses the growing chorus of Republican voices that oppose President Bush's nominee to the Supreme Court, Harriet Miers.

Many Hurricane Katrina evacuees have returned to their homes to discover infestations of mold. Michael Rinaldi, director of the Fungus Testing Laboratory at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, explains how mold develops and how it can cause structural damage to homes.