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Journalist Evan Wright has written about the lives of porn stars, anarchists and con artists in many mainstream magazines. He talks about a new collection of his stories: Hella Nation.

Pamela Druckerman's book Lust in Translation examines infidelity around the world. She finds that Americans tend to take a much harder line against marital infidelity than the people of many other nations.

A new generation of activists and political dissidents are at the heart of politics in the Middle East, but many are not well known outside the region. Robin Wright, author of Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East, offers her insights.

The housing market may be in a downward spiral, but it's a buyer's market for many deal seekers in California. Yet for first-time buyers, the path to home ownership can still be rocky.

Virginia Tech student Erin Sheehan survived Monday's shooting attack on her German class at Norris Hall. Many of her classmates did not. Sheehan recounts stories of heroism and horror, and says she will stay in school.

As many as 100,000 anti-government protesters led by a phalanx of Buddhist monks march through Yangon, the largest crowd to demonstrate in Myanmar's biggest city since a 1988 pro-democracy uprising that was brutally crushed by the military.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports Filipinos went to the polls today in legislative elections that will test the legitimacy of their country's new president. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was not on the ballot but many of her supporters were. If they do well, the election will demonstrate public support for Arroyo who was never elected -- but rather swept into power by massive demonstrations that drove out previous president Joseph Estrada.

Small-town America may or may not be the heart of the country, but it sure is at the heart of many of the books suggested by the independent booksellers this year.

US Airways CEO Douglas Parker offered few new details on flight 1549, which crashed into the Hudson River. All the passengers were declared safe, and many were able to walk away once they were rescued.

In the wake of talks over the auto bailout collapsing on Capitol Hill, auto workers in Detroit ponder their increasingly dismal fate. Many say the failure of the package in the Senate was a political attack by Republicans who blocked aid for Detroit automakers.