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Americans are so relentlessly focused on positive thinking, writes Barbara Ehrenreich in her book "Bright-Sided," that there is little room for genuine hope or happiness or planning for downturns and disasters.

Gen. David Petraeus — poised to become the top commander in Iraq — has been there before. He is well-regarded by fellow officers and military experts, but he faces immense challenges in his latest assignment.

The central character in Definitely, Maybe, Will Hayes, knows a little something about advertising himself. He works at an ad agency and is currently trying to figure out how to pitch the latest cereal to kids. He’s also trying to figure out how he got stuck in this job when he began his career trajectory as an idealistic volunteer for Bill Clinton's presidential campaign in 1992. He also can’t quite figure out how his marriage went sour. Forcing him to put all this into perspective is his precocious (is there any other kind of kid in Hollywood these days?) eleven-year-old daughter Maya.

Research tests on mice show that a substance found in red wine may let humans enjoy a long and healthful life, even if they are overweight. But the Harvard study shows that being healthy is not as simple as a sip of wine every day.

Anti-war activists will find themselves frustrated by President Bush's call for increased U.S. troop levels in Iraq, and by the Democrats' inability to stop the administration from following through.

Voters in war-torn Congo cast their ballots Sunday in a run-off presidential election between the incumbent Joseph Kabila and former rebel warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba. It is the first free election in Congo in more than 40 years.

How prevalent is cheating in school nowadays, and what can be done to prevent it? We speak to the authors of the new book "Cheating in School: What We Know and What We Can Do," about maintaining academic integrity in the 21st century.

Beowulf is based on the Old English Epic poem (yes the one that many of us struggled through in junior high or high school) supposedly written around 700AD.

What if all the men and women on earth suddenly became infertile? Thats the premise of the book

Tom Fudge, KPBS Health Care Reporter What was the worst job you ever had and why? The worst job I ever had was working as an overnight security guard at…