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Cindy Vong is taking the state to court after the cosmetology board pulled the plug on her fish-pedicure business. The board says the practice is unsanitary, but Vong's attorney disputes the claim the spa fish put anyone at risk.

Clive Owen Plays a Single Dad

NPR producer Art Silverman uncovers New Jersey's filthy situation: the Passaic River. U.S. manufacturing was jump-started along its banks. Now the river is so toxic, part of it is a superfund site, and much of the rest is, as one writer puts it, "a toilet."

ANALYSIS: Republicans argued that the American people had overwhelmingly rejected the health care bill that the House passed Sunday night. But the poll numbers are less clear. And if the bill proves popular in implementation, the GOP may be left looking for another argument against President Obama's signature initiative.

The Vatican is delving into the case of a 6-year-old boy in Washington state whose doctors say a flesh-eating bacteria nearly killed him. The Catholic Church is trying to determine whether his recovery is a miracle that can be attributed to a Native American who lived in the 1600s.

A dispossessed Indian princess and her large-footed servant unravel a mystery among a crowd of classic British eccentrics in Julia Stuart's charming new novel, The Pigeon Pie Mystery. Who poisoned the unpleasant Major-General Bagshot? The answer may surprise you.

When conventional fertility treatments fail, the rich, childless couple at the heart of Chase Novak's novel travel to Slovenia for an experimental procedure. Breed has drawn comparisons to Rosemary's Baby, but in this over-the-top tale, it's not the baby who's the monster.

It's No Mad Max, Just Mad Mel

Prime Minister Brian Cowen resisted pressure to resign immediately after his coalition partner, the Green Party, said it would quit the government and force an early election in January. Cowen said he did not want to delay Ireland's deficit-slashing 2011 budget and the bailout negotiations.

Warner Brothers Gangsters, Hammer Horror, and Steve McQueen