While driving down an East Texas country road I spotted this scene. The autumn trees and the late afternoon sun made these golden bales of hay shine just a little bit more. Fortunately I had my camera with me. (c) James Q. Eddy Jr.
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  • A new report out Thursday further confuses the advice to women about how much fish they should consume, particularly during pregnancy. The group's advice to eat more fish puts it at odds with current government recommendations.
  • Myanmar's military chief says he's prepared to meet with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi — but with conditions. According to state-run media, the meeting will take place if she stops her "confrontational attitude" and abandons support for international sanctions against the government.
  • In 1909, Frank Lloyd Wright, a married father, ran off to Germany with a neighbor, the wife of a client. A new novel imagines a scandalous and little-known part of the legendary American architect's history.
  • Three college students were killed execution-style in a Newark, N.J., schoolyard. Mayor Cory Booker, who took office a year ago, says police are making progress against the city's high murder rate. Mayor Booker speaks with Steve Inskeep
  • Now a haven for fashionistas, New York's SoHo neighborhood was once more troubled than trendy. Irini Spanidou recreates the menacing SoHo of the late 1970s in her new novel, Before.
  • There is still no indication the trapped miners are alive after being cut off by a mountain of rock some 1,500 feet underground. Early Friday, crews drilling holes in a Utah mountain lowered a microphone to the spot where the collapse occurred, but heard no sounds. The mine's owner remains hopeful.
  • The chairman of the Murray Energy Corp., Robert Murray, says his miners were not "retreat mining" when they became trapped in a central Utah mine. "Retreat mining" is when workers remove pillars of coal from a distance and then let the roof fall in.
  • In France's Bordeaux wine region, summers have been hotter, harvests have been earlier and grapes have been sweeter. Some winemakers welcome a warmer climate; they are getting more great vintages. Others are more wary, but say they can adapt.
  • Scientists say it is more likely that mine work itself caused the collapse of a Utah coal mine where six men are trapped. But Robert Murray, who owns the mine, attributes the collapse to an act of nature.
  • Six miners remain trapped in the Crandall Canyon Mine in Utah after it caved in Monday. Rescuers are trying to reach the men. J. Davitt McAteer, former head of the Mine Safety and Health Administration, discusses the incident.
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