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A little more than a month before her 40th wedding anniversary, Joan Didion's beloved husband — novelist John Gregory Dunne — died unexpectedly. Didion has written a book about his death, The Year of Magical Thinking.

About half of the nation's chemical manufacturing capacity resides in the Texas Gulf Coast, now threatened by Hurricane Rita. More than 160 chemical plants are potentially in Rita's path. Environmental groups are concerned, but industry officials say the plants are designed to withstand hurricane winds.

Oil prices fell on world markets Sunday as traders expressed relief that Hurricane Rita spared most of the refineries along the Texas Gulf Coast.

Reversing earlier statements, London authorities now say a man plainclothes officers trailed to a city subway station and then shot to death Friday had no apparent connection to the bombings of July 21. Police have yet to name the man.

Rom Lipscius of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science explains what the discovery of Jerry Springer the crab -- which marine biologists call a "bilateral gynandromorph" -- means for the study of blue crab genetics.

Another look at the Downing Street memos, which seem to indicate President Bush had decided to invade Iraq in early 2002 and that intelligence was being "fixed" around the policy.

This year's Habitat for Humanity-Jimmy Carter Work Project is in Benton Harbor, Mich. Racial rioting broke out there almost two years ago, and inadequate housing was blamed for a lot of the anger. During just one week volunteers plan to build 225 houses.

Researchers find 4.2 percent of soldiers injured in Iraq develop Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in the first few months. But at the Army's Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C., the rate is much lower.

To mark each of the nearly 1 million losses due to COVID, we've aired remembrances of those who died during the pandemic.

Europe's farmers now get paid based not on crop production but on how they manage the environment — a fundamental change in European agricultural policy.