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Populist leader Hugo Chavez has ruled Venezuela for eight years, and many Venezuelans continue to support him. But Chavez is coming under fire for his anti-President Bush rhetoric, and observers in Venezuela have accused him of rigging next week's election.

Caracas was the scene of a major campaign rally Sunday for supporters of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. Hundreds of thousands turned out to hear Chavez predict an overwhelming victory in this Sunday's election. Polls show there's little doubt he'll secure another term.

At about a dime a gallon, Venezuela has the world's cheapest gas. The low prices are the result of a big government subsidy. Motorists love it. They're buying cars at a record clip. But the nation's capital, Caracas, is plagued with clogged streets and air pollution.

Aspirin is found in the bark of a willow tree, penicillin from a fungus, and the anti-cancer drug Taxol originates from the pacific yew tree. We rarely think about the source of our medicines, but fo

Most work programs for low-income citizens focus on skills training. One program in Texas has a different approach --- exposing people to college-level liberal arts. Sarah Bush reports from member station KUT in Austin, Texas.

Michele Norris talks with Fred Weir, a correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor, who is based in Moscow, about the Russian public's reaction to news of Alexander Litvinenko's death. Weir says most of the Russian public actually doesn't even know about the case, because the big Russian media outlets are not carrying the story. Weir also points out that although Litvinenko publicly blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for his poisoning, Litvinenko lived in a shady world, and there were plenty of others who might have wanted him dead.

In the coming weeks, the Environmental Protection Agency is expected to issue a regulation that will extend 1 million years into the future. But the EPA doesn't even know if humans will exist a million years from now.

Once the targets of playground insults, obsessive fans of comic books, costume play and video games have become a powerful economic force in Japan. But the geek-chic wave has troubling social implications.

For shoppers, the day after Thanksgiving is the opportunity to snap up some deals. But for some economists the coming holiday season will be more of a litmus test. That’s according to Ryan Ratcliffe

Nearly 1,000 attorneys around the country are prepared to combat attempts to censor Christmas. For the fourth year, the legal group, the Alliance Defense Fund, has launched its Christmas Project.