A story about five families hoping to adopt baby girls from China. Novelist Ann Hood weaves together their accounts with the heartbreaking stories of the mothers who gave up their infants.

The story of one woman's efforts to make peace with marriage before entering its estate once more.

The Obama administration sends mixed signals on mountaintop coal mining. After putting dozens of proposed projects on hold, the EPA has endorsed an operation in West Virginia. Ongoing controversy over mountaintop coal mining.

A surgeon and renowned medical writer looks at how a simple checklist can save lives. He says it can help doctors and nurses professionals deal with increasingly complex technology and reduce human error.

Economists weigh in on what's ahead for the housing market, job growth, and the overall prospects for economic recovery.

China may soon challenge the U-S as the sole global superpower. This year it will become the world's second largest economy. An inside look at how China is creating a new social and economic model and what it means for the West.

The threat of Al Qaeda worldwide. What the recent attempt to blow up an American airliner and revelations of possible Al Qaeda plots against the U.S. Embassy in Yemen reveal about the state of terrorism in the world.

Foreign policy challenges in 2010: A look ahead at the U-S role in Afghanistan and Pakistan, elections in Iraq, Iran's nuclear ambitions, and global economic trends

Health care, deficit reduction, job creation and Congressional mid-term elections: Political analysts weigh in on issues likely to drive national debate in 2010

The world population is projected to reach nine billion by 2040. An update on global population trends and sustainability.

On a summer day in 1974 New Yorkers looked up to see an acrobat walking on a wire between the tops of the twin towers. In a new novel, Colum McCann imagines what was going on in the lives of the people on the streets below.

Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves talks about her acclaimed career as an opera singer, and about the challenges she's faced in recent years, including depression, a high-risk pregnancy, and vocal cord surgery.

An update on NATO's role in Afghanistan, tensions over efforts to expand the alliance, and its overall mission in the 21st century

Congress holds hearings to examine how Toyota handled vehicle safety problems. Government watchdog groups raise concerns about ties between lawmakers and the world's largest carmaker. The latest on the Toyota-recall controversy.

Recent sophisticated and large-scale cyberattacks are prompting sharp policy debate on appropriate counterattack strategies: A look at the debate over what steps can be taken to reduce the threat of cyberattacks.

The second in a trilogy of graphic novels about the civil rights movement begins in Nashville in 1960. How young activists confront police brutality and violence in their fight for social change.