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She found her brother's finger in the grass by the shed. The grass glistened with the morning dew, but the finger did not.

This holiday is more than a marketing scheme: It stems from the wartime volunteer service of "dough girls" — and even helped to lighten the dark days of Vietnam POWs.

Ramirez, who was convicted of 13 murders, died of natural causes while on California's death row.

If a family vacation to Yellowstone or the Grand Tetons makes you fear for your waistline — or for your palate — there's good news: The National Park Service is revamping its menus to offer more healthful, local and fancier fare. How does a jumbo lump crab cake or almond-baked chicken sound to you?

There's a story to tell about every family's encounters with the health care system. Some are tragedies. Many are a blaze of enduring hope in the face of suffering and loss. Artist Regina Holliday brings those secret stories to life in her Walking Gallery.

A new report from grain safety researchers at Purdue University says eight people died while trapped in grain last year.

After several visits to Mountain Stage as individual artists, the mother-daughter duo finally performs together live in West Virginia. Listen to a special four-song set.

Byron has a way of homing in on an artist's legacy and transforming it with intelligence and adventure. In this case, he takes on the music of Thomas Dorsey and of Sister Rosetta Tharpe in concert.

The goal of the meeting between President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping is for the leaders of the world's largest economies to find common ground and build trust. But the summit threatens to be overshadowed by revelations about secret NSA surveillance programs.

What do Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, singer-song writer Tracy Chapman, and the president of the Ford Foundation have in common? Answer: They were all "A Better Chance" scholars.