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From the "focus" of Roman homes to the chimneys of modern homes, the history of the fireplace is a journey across Europe. Each epoch and culture has had its own method of keeping the home fires lit.

The chance of owning a home is beyond the reach of millions of Americans. In Minnesota, community groups concerned with affordable housing are joining with prison inmates trying to resurrect careers of their own.

A growing demand for building projects that use environmentally friendly and energy-efficient materials has spurred a green movement in the construction industry. An estimated $10 billion of "green buildings" are in the process of construction this year in the United States.

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, in a tight runoff race with the state's current lieutenant governor to keep his post, vowed the city will be ready for the coming hurricane season and rebuffed claims that he was an ineffective leader as the storm ravaged the city last August.

As with other European countries, there is a growing demand by French consumers for access to stores and services on weekends. But union opposition and strict French labor laws have frustrated the attempts of business to meet that demand. Now Louis Vuitton has been ordered to close its flagship store on the Champs Elysees on Sundays.

His latest work sends a teenage boy and his family hurtling from Indiana into the Deep South of the mid-1970s. After a fire strips them of most of their possessions, horror, hilarity and high drama follow.

Massachusetts may soon have the first ruling by a state high court on what has become a growing dilemma for family courts: When divorced parents share custody, should one parent be allowed to move out of town with the kids?

The widow asked the Russian soldier what he felt when he killed her husband. "Fear," he said. "I understand you probably won't be able to forgive me. But I ask for your forgiveness."

Boeing hopes to launch its Starliner capsule to the International Space Station. If this test is successful, Boeing hopes to begin sending humans to the space station this fall.

The theft of data contained on a portable hard drive from the home of a Department of Veterans Affairs employee means that the Social Security numbers of more than 26 million veterans could now be in the hands of criminals. Noah Adams speaks with Mark Rasch, former head of computer crime investigations for the Justice Department, about how thieves and even foreign spies might be able to use that sensitive information.