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After the "underwear bomber" incident on Christmas Day, President Obama accelerated the deployment of new airport scanners that look beneath travelers' clothes to spot any weapons or explosives.

If one religion is right does that mean that all other religions are wrong? Rabbi Brad Hirschfield says that's the problem with religion today. It focuses on the rigid delineation of people into rel

What can be done to achieve justice for victims of war crimes? We speak to the United States Ambassador Of War Crimes, Stephen Rapp, about the work he's done on behalf of victims of war crimes and genocide.

Sen. John Ensign told his Republican colleagues on Tuesday that he's sorry for having an affair with a married staffer. They say they accepted his apology. But the scandal is taking a toll on the senator's party back home.

Utah now has the toughest law in the nation banning texting and driving. It also uses a video on a case in which two men were killed by a texting driver to deter people from the activity. In the month since its release, the video has had 370,000 downloads, and requests are coming from other states to show it.

Until his arrest in 2004, nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan — the father of Pakistan's atomic bomb — ran a vast smuggling network that sent nuclear materiel to Iran and Libya. In his book Peddling Peril: How the Secret Nuclear Trade Arms America's Enemies, weapons expert David Albright explains how Khan's network continues to threaten global security.

There's growing opposition in China to the government's one-child policy, which has resulted in having too many boys. Males may soon find it difficult to find a wife and an aging population may hurt the nation's economic growth.

Light of My Eyes

Science Applications International Corporation is one of the major contractors doing work in the Iraq reconstruction. Journalists Don Barlett and James Steele investigated the little-known corporation for this month's issue of Vanity Fair.

KPBS Investigative Reporter Joanne Faryon traces your beef from the cattle ranches to the feed lots to your dinner plate.