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Writer and producer Ed Burns draws on his experience as a former Baltimore detective to create the acclaimed HBO series The Wire, now in its fifth and final season. It's a crime drama with a central theme of surveillance technology used to capture drug dealers.

The New York Times reported Sunday that the Bush administration has spent $100 million over the last six years to help secure Pakistan's nuclear arsenal.

No new talks are planned on the screenwriters strike, but a new survey shows that the public supports the screenwriters.

Many cities have devoted considerable focus and money to house people, only to see the number living outside continue to rise.

The film adaptation of the epic poem Beowulf hits theaters Friday. The film takes liberties with the ancient story, adding romance and sex, and a nearly naked Angelina Jolie. The movie is also in 3-D. So who's standing in line for a sneak preview?

Every meal has to end with dessert, and a special Thanksgiving feast is no exception. Native American chef Walter Whitewater shares his recipe for Pinyon Chocolate Torte.

We continue our conversation about A Slave No More and the men whose stories it tells with three of John Washington's descendants: granddaughter Ruth Washington, great-granddaughter Barbara Anne Hinksman, and great-great-granddaughter Maureen Ramos.

"Medical tourism," the practice of traveling to other countries for medical care, was first embraced by consumers. But now, employers and health insurance companies are considering offering international treatment options to customers to save on costs.

Creating ethanol from corn is less energy efficient than other possible sources, like switchgrass and other "woody" plants. And ethanol is just one part of the alternative-energy mix, which also includes wind power and fuel cells, Ira Flatow says in a new book.

Fitzhugh Mullan, a professor of health policy and pediatrics at George Washington University, says the West undertrains doctors and nurses, creating a vacuum — "an irresistibly appealing vacuum to ambitious, well-trained people in the developing world," including India.