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John Boehner has had it with fielding complaints from the right.

For two years, Neville Amaria carpooled to his office in Los Angeles. That puts him in the same category as about 10 percent of American workers, who drive or ride to work in a car with two or more passengers.

Iraqi government forces moved into the southern city of Amara early Thursday. The city had been under the sway of Shiite militias. But most militia commanders appear to have fled Amara before Thursday's operation.

Essay collections are underrated and often ignored in favor of short stories or novels. But in the hands of a writer as practiced as Ann Patchett, critic Maureen Corrigan says the essay becomes an expansive storytelling vessel. Patchett's new book is This Is The Story Of A Happy Marriage.

Much of the world is turning hotter and dryer these days, and it's opening new doors for a water-saving cereal that's been called "the camel of crops:" sorghum. In an odd twist, this old-fashioned crop even seems to be catching on among consumers who are looking for "ancient grains" that have been relatively untouched by modern agriculture.

It's never too early to think ahead, so here are some dates to keep in mind as you make plans for the millennium.

Walk through a health food store and you'll find amaranth, sorghum, quinoa -- heritage grains that have been staples around the world for generations. Americans are just discovering them.

In softcover, Found creator Davy Rothbart discusses his frequent failings at love, Robert Sullivan follows the footnotes of the American Revolution Hannah Rosin heralds a new era of female dominance.

A California-based energy company has reached a deal to buy the first phase of a 500-megawatt wind turbine farm planned for the Texas Panhandle.

Watch the band perform acoustic arrangements of four songs from its new album, Trouble Will Find Me.