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Cooking Up a Racial Melting Pot

Some criminals will walk much more than a mile to get their hands on these.

Trade In Black-Market Cigarettes: Hot, Dangerous

Criminal groups are increasingly opting to deal in stolen smokes, police say. Some are even more interested in them than they are in illegal drugs. The money to be made is tempting. And gangs are willing to kill for it.

Barry Whitney, descendant of Eli Whitney, stands inside S.M. Whitney Company's cotton warehouse in Augusta, Ga. American farmers have cut back on growing cotton as prices for other cash crops increase, forcing Whitney and many other cotton dealers and mills in the region out of business.

Famous Mill Goes Away As King Cotton's Reign Fades

After almost 150 years, the S.M. Whitney Co., run by descendants of cotton gin inventor Eli Whitney, will sell its last bale of cotton next week, marking a symbolic end to the reign of "King Cotton" in the South.

Skating To An Arena Near You: Men's Roller Derby

There are more than 400 women's teams and thousands of skaters in the U.S. alone. Now, men are getting into the game. About 30 men's teams have sprung up in the past few years, and some of those men will go to great lengths to play.

Young Palestinian men practice parkour, a sport that involves climbing and jumping on buildings and other structures, in Gaza City on July 26. Mohammed al-Jahbir (right, in orange shorts), 21, gets defensive when people are surprised that Palestinians are into parkour. "When anything new comes out in Gaza, everyone is like, 'Oh, wow, they do parkour? Oh, wow, they surf?' It should be normal that we do these things here, too," he says.

Gaza Youth Yearn For Normalcy, Haunted By War

Almost three-quarters of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are younger than 30. Most have never left the tiny, Hamas-ruled coastal territory, have never met an Israeli, and have never known a time when there wasn't a conflict outside their doorstep.

An oarsman navigates his inner-tube boat across the raging Swat River in northwest Pakistan. The bridge that once traversed the river was destroyed by the floods.

Pakistani Flood Victims Cope Without Bridges, Aid

Twenty-five percent of Swat's rich croplands were lost to floods. Five weeks into the disaster -- and with no government official in sight -- farmers say their faith in the government's promise to compensate for damages is evaporating. Meanwhile, the distribution of food aid is being held up by red tape.

Art In The City Conference In San Diego

This weekend, a conference will gather visionaries, developers, gallery owners, and creatives to discuss the role art can have in key urban areas. We'll talk with the conference organizers and speakers about developing arts districts in San Diego and look at what other cities have done successfully.

Food safety experts traced the salmonella outbreak to Wright County Egg, near Galt, Iowa, which is one of two companies whose eggs are believed to have been contaminated. More than 500 million eggs have been recalled.

Manure Piles, Rodents And Swarming Flies Found At Egg Farms

Now you can check out the reports filed by Food and Drug Administration inspectors who pored over the egg companies connected to the massive salmonella-related recalls.

What Makes a Great Conversationalist

We live in the age of information, where communication is faster, easier, and more prolific than ever. But for all our blogging, tweeting, instant messaging, and texting, meaningful conversation is fa

Before evacuating from Katrina, Bobbie Jennings (right) lived next door to her twin sister, Gloria Williams, in the public housing that existed on the same site as Harmony Oaks in New Orleans. While Jennings likes the actual apartment, she says she is unhappy with the new development because the new apartments do not provide the same sense of community as before.

New Orleans' Public Housing Slowly Evolving

When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans five years ago, more than 5,000 families lived in the city's public housing developments. Now, only a third of them are back in public housing. While some who are in the new developments are struggling with the different community, others are over the moon with the shiny new units.

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