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Where Dams Once Stood, Prospectors Spur Anger

Bob Hunter, a staff lawyer for WaterWatch...

With Eye Offshore, Storm Diminishes

As Earl approached, the Guttman family visited a beach on Long Island to take a family portrait...

Growth in Jobs Beats Estimates, Easing Concerns

Job seekers at a career fair this week in Denver. The private sector added jobs in August, the government said...

Indictment Accuses Firm of Exploiting Thai Workers

A federal grand jury finds that a Los Angeles contractor gained cheap and compliant labor from some 400 Thai farm workers. ..

First Lady Plans a Careful Return to the Campaign Trail

The first lady, Michelle Obama...

Zoning Law Aside, Mosque Projects Face Battles

At a New York mosque, leaders of other faiths joined Muslims in prayers in a sign of solidarity...

F.D.A. Backtracks and Returns Drug to Market

After being flooded with complaints, the agency said it would continue to allow the sale of the drug midodrine. ..

U.S. Military Bands: Lighter and Faster

A military band playing in Baghdad in January...

Beliefs: A Niche of the Unreal in a World of Credulity

The “Is My Husband Gay?” column brought new popularity to Christwire. Yes, it’s all one big joke. ..

Blackwater Won Contracts Through a Web of Companies

The security contractor created dozens of shell companies or subsidiaries in part to obtain U.S. contracts after it was criticized for its conduct in Iraq, officials and investigators said. ..

Scientist Sets Off Security Scare, Not His First, at Miami Airport

Thomas Butler, 70, detained because of a suspicious item in his luggage, had once been charged with illegally transporting bubonic plague. ..

Accepted Notion of Mars as Lifeless Is Challenged

Some scientists suggest carbon-based molecules may have been destroyed before the Viking landers could find them. ..

National Briefing | Southwest: New Mexico: Not a Legal Tax Deduction, by the Way

Albuquerque police briefly evacuated a Goodwill store Thursday after someone left a pistol, ammunition, a grenade and some marijuana in a collection box. ..

National Briefing | West: California: Deal to Clean Up Rocket Site Is Announced

State and federal officials announced an agreement to remove all radioactive contamination from a partial nuclear meltdown in 1959 at a rocket testing site just outside Los Angeles. ..

National Briefing | Washington: Former G.O.P. Official Admits Embezzlement

Christopher J. Ward, National Republican Congressional Committee treasurer from 2003 to 2007, pleaded guilty Friday to embezzling more than $840,000 from several political committees. ..

National Briefing | Southwest: Arizona: Governor Admits Error About Beheadings

Gov. Jan Brewer says she was wrong when she claimed that headless bodies were turning up in the Arizona desert as part of border-related violence. ..

National Briefing | South: Louisiana: Blowout Preventer Is Removed

BP on Friday removed the damaged blowout preventer from atop the company’s stricken oil well in the Gulf of Mexico in preparation for the final plugging of the well, the government said. ..

Names of the Dead

The Department of Defense has identified 1,256 American service members who have died as a part of the Afghan war and related operations. ..

For Democrats, Economy Fuels Election Fears

Representative Tom Perriello, right, a Democrat, is considered an underdog for re-election in a conservative Virginia district...

Alaska Winner, Lover of Privacy, Loses His Own

Joe Miller, who defeated Senator Lisa Murkowski in the Republican primary, at his Fairbanks law office with his wife, Kathleen...

Updated Hurricane Warning for U.S.

As a weakened Hurricane Earl passed North Carolina by, the state's governor told reporters, "We dodged a bullet," perhaps forgetting the controversy around the use of the phrase in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. ..

WikiLeaks Chief Decries ‘Legal Circus’

Julian Assange, the founder of the whistle-blowing Web site WikiLeaks, called Sweden's investigation of him for suspected sexual misconduct "some kind of legal circus." ..

Updated Hurricane Warnings for U.S.

The latest update on Hurricane Earl's progress toward the United States. ..

Early Bird Specials

Some schools allow students to move into their dorms early -- for a price. ..

A Child Psychiatrist Responds

Dr. Mary Margaret Gleason answers some readers' questions. ..

Q. & A. With a Child Psychiatrist

Are drugs appropriate for toddlers to take when they exhibit troubled behavior? ..

Health Costs Passed On to Workers

The annual Kaiser survey of employer health benefits shows employers managed to keep costs down, but employees' premiums went up. ..