To what extent should lives be risked and tax dollars spent to rescue climbers and hikers who are ill-equipped and ill-prepared?
  • Weigh In: Mountain Rescues: Who Should Pay?

A Catholic leader is heard on tape giving advice to other priests about how to conceal evidence about sex-abuse allegations.

Paris youths soar, dart, flip, leap from building to building.
  • Video

Fans of Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve are pleased with Bush decision.

For 17 years, a man has built "Salvation Mountain" in the California desert.

Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz warned that a likely war between India and Pakistan would be calamitous, and the State Department authorized the voluntary departure of nonessential diplomatic personnel from India.
  • History of Conflict | Timeline | Weigh In | Video

The law would have forced public libraries to block access to Internet pornography.

Polls show that Americans are willing to give up more freedoms to protect themselves from terror. But is that the right solution?
  • Message Board: FBI's New Powers Raise Privacy Concerns
  • Video: FBI's New Powers

The search through the rubble of the World Trade Center for remains of the nearly 3,000 victims has come to an end.
    • Video: Mixed Feelings at Ground Zero

More money is spent on prescription drugs in America than in any other country in the world — but what do consumers get for their money? Peter Jennings reports.
    • Q&A;: Drug Industry Expert

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Islet cell transplants have provided almost miraculous results for some people with diabetes, reducing and even eliminating the need for insulin. So why aren't more getting it?

Mildred Wirt Benson was a journalist for 58 years and wrote more than 130 books.

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