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Both President Obama and his GOP rival, Mitt Romney, have spent weeks preparing for the debates by facing off against fake versions of their challengers played by stand-ins. Though easily overlooked, the work of a debate stand-in is grueling.

Hospital emergency departments can be risky places for nurses. A survey from the Emergency Nurses Association finds a high percentage of its members have been physically assaulted at work, and verbal abuse is also common.

Although oil spills are fairly common, few have been studied for toxic effects on humans. Now health experts are meeting in New Orleans to discuss potential health implications. Scientists agree that mental stress on individuals and communities is a primary problem, and can lead to physical disorders as well as PTSD and depression.

As we move, hopefully, beyond the fiscal cliff, the next policy hurdle will be immigration reform. We all need to understand the terms. Part 2 in a glossary of immigration reform.

High-ranking policy makers and business leaders from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border are meeting outside of Phoenix to discuss next steps for the binational relationship. Trade between the two countries is at record levels, but those at the conference say the relationship hasn't reached it's full potential.

UC San Diego has won part of a grant that will help researchers understand how the mind of a cybercriminal works by taking apart computer scams bit by bit.

Former Nixon administration attorney John Dean and a North Carolina divorce lawyer warn that if you think you have nothing to hide, think again.

"Mister hit Josephine with the palm of his hand across her left cheek and it was then she knew she would run." So begins Tara Conklin's debut novel, The House Girl, which links the stories of an artistically talented 19th-century slave and an ambitious 21st-century lawyer.

The proposed law, which supporters say would be the first of its kind in the world, covers every kind of insult, including repeated rude remarks about a partner's appearance, false allegations of infidelity and threats of physical violence. But skeptics say verbal violence is next to impossible to prove, and that the law will clog the courts with "he said, she said" cases.