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Bad weather in key growing regions was among a confluence of factors driving world food prices to record levels, a U.N. analyst says. But the price spikes are giving U.S. farmers an incentive to boost production.

Catching Up With Author At WonderCon

Young people were President Obama's most important age group in the last election. They knocked on doors, bought posters and gave his campaign a sense of vibrancy and excitement as they turned out to vote in record numbers. But now, it's not clear whether they will support Obama as they did in 2008.

San Diego, like counties across the country, confiscates the benefits of foster children as reimbursement for their care -- even though there's money already set aside for that purpose.

Experts say the widening racial wealth gap is caused by more than just a bad economy. They blame deeply ingrained differences in things such as inheritance, home ownership, taxes and even expectations. Meet two families, one white and one black, whose experiences reflect this widening economic divide.

Richard Grenell recently explained that Mitt Romney chose him to serve as his foreign policy adviser based on his record and abilities. The Romney campaign, he says, also knew he was openly gay. Grenell explains why he resigned, and where Romney and President Obama differ on foreign policy.

The city's governor discouraged gatherings for cherry-blossom viewing in light of the earthquake and tsunami devastation. But hanami is about reflecting on beauty amid pain, the transience of life and the importance of friends, and residents thronged to parks as usual to sip sake and recite haiku poetry despite the governor's somber advice.

Social scientists say three things matter for success in life: IQ, family's socioeconomic status and one thing that's easy to influence: self-control. A child's self-control in preschool helps predict possible health, substance abuse and financial problems later in life, researchers found.

'Gladiator' for Intellectuals?

Pakistan closed the Torkham border with Afghanistan to NATO traffic after U.S. helicopters mistakenly killed two Pakistani border guards. But U.S. officials believe Taliban fighters have been crossing at the border point, either paying small bribes or passing completely undetected.