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When Margi Scharff felt stomach pain in India, she assumed it was "Delhi Belly," an ailment often afflicting visitors. The 51-year-old artist, based in Los Angeles, was instead told she has advanced ovarian cancer.

Commentator John Ridley is critical of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson's offer to pay the college tuition of a woman who has accused several members of the Duke University lacrosse team of rape. The case has taken on strong racial overtones because the accuser is black, and almost all the members of the team are white. Ridley says Jackson should wait until the facts of the case are clear.

The explosion in 1815 of Indonesia's Mount Tambora was one of Earth's largest volcanic eruptions. It buried a tiny kingdom under billions of tons of ash and rock. Little by little, pieces of the village have surfaced.

Ping Fu has spent decades envisioning new uses for computers. Now she thinks she's really on to something: a technology that can scan 3-D objects, re-creating them virtually — and in the real world.

A new formatting of credit scores has been created through a partnership among the three major credit-reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. Evan Hendricks, publisher and editor of Privacy Times talks with Michele Norris about the new system.

The political saga around whether to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one of tricky legislative maneuvers, late-night votes and passionate lobbying.

New Orleans' official blueprint for redevelopment, authored by a city commission and set for release Wednesday, will recommend that residents be allowed to return and rebuild anywhere they like, no matter how damaged or vulnerable. The plan puts the city on a collision course with the state.

This year, the film version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical turns 40. Audiences can't seem to get enough of it: Each year, 18,000 people pack the Hollywood Bowl to sing along with Julie Andrews. Now a special DVD edition, with over four hours of extra material, is being released.

Turkish television is reporting a new case of bird flu. The case was discovered as Turkish officials conducted tests across the country. Turkey had already confirmed 14 bird flu victims, including three children who died.

As the world grows more complicated, so do methods for navigating through it. Often, the Internet is more reliable than a human when it comes to giving directions. But in some areas, that's not the case.