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Now that General Motors has declared bankruptcy, what will happen to stock and bond holders, union workers, and dealerships of both active and defunct brands? How will the U.S. Government's ownership of 60 percent of GM play out? And what can taxpayers expect?

San Diego's Bumble Bee Foods has joined a national coalition of businesses that wants to reform the country's troubled health care system. Coalition members will push their ideas to lawmakers in Washi

New sequel picks up Danny Boyle's original film 28 weeks later.

The Ronald McDonald House is a haven for families who have seriously ill children. We take a look at how this building is helping the community.

Many of Guatemala's rural indigenous communities lack infrastructure basics such as clean drinking water, sanitation and electricity. A group of American eco-engineers is working with Mayan villages to change that.

Yesterday in Prague we saw the buildings where Kafka lived, went to school and worked. One high point for me was visiting the New Jewish Cemetery in the suburb of Strasnice. In this damp, green, wooded place Kathi stood with one arm around Kafka's tombstone and told us how Dora collapsed on his grave the day of his funeral, & June 11, 1924. In a solemn procession, my friend Martin and I followed our other travel companions in laying stones on the grave for remembrance, as is the custom there.

Sucking On Chinese Toys and a Humble Suggestion

Heart muscle doesn't regenerate when it's damaged, one reason heart attacks are so debilitating. A dream of researchers is to build new heart muscle using transplanted cardiac stem cells. Scientists at the University of Washington have taken a potentially important step in that direction, using embryonic stem cells as their starting material.

South Korea's recently inaugurated president has suggested he might take a harder line against North Korea, which could mark the end of South Korea's "Sunshine Policy" of rapprochement with its northern neighbor. However, Lee Myung-bak's position has moderated since the election.

Democratic Congressman William Jefferson, who is under investigation for bribery, easily won a run-off re-election in Louisiana. Jefferson is under investigation for bribery; earlier this year, FBI agents allegedly found $90,000 in his freezer, and two associates say they bribed the congressman.