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Wife Deborah Bryant waits as Mississippi Governor-elect Phil Bryant thanks a supporter Tuesday at a victory party. Bryant supported a controversial amendment to the state's constitution on "personhood."

'Personhood' Divides Anti-Abortion Groups

Some foes of abortion haven't supported efforts to define legal personhood as beginning with the fertilization of a human egg because of concerns about unintended consequences.

Turks, Europeans Lead Charge On Libyan Investment

International flights to Tripoli are packed with businesspeople looking to land contracts with the oil-rich state. Countries like France and Italy that supported the new government early on are expected to become favored trade partners. But there's been a noticeable absence of American businesses.

Documents Reveal More Potential Evidence-Sharing Failures By Justice Dept.

Lapses by federal prosecutors in sharing evidence that could help defendants fight charges against them has been a nagging theme in recent years.

Wal-Mart's Dr. John Agwunobi (left) said in a statement that the company won't be "building a national, integrated, low-cost primary care health care platform." Even so, the leaves plenty of room for the retailer to pursue an expansion of health care services at its stores.

Wal-Mart's Clarification On Health Care Leaves Room For Big Moves

Even after downplaying some parts of a document requesting partners for future health care ventures, Wal-Mart's ambitions to do something bigger in providing medial services in its stores remains clear. The company is seeking help in managing chronic health conditions — from asthma to osteoporosis — that are among the most prevalent problems in the U.S.

Three-year-old Lauren Roberts explores a displays of Christmas trees for sale at Kiser Christmas trees in Concord, N.C. This is file photo from 2006.

After Uproar, Government Scraps 15-Cent Christmas Tree Fee

The fee, proposed to pay for an image campaign, was derided as a "Grinch" move by the Obama administration, which defended it saying it was agreed to by the Christmas tree industry.

Striking a pose like Hamlet, Kofi Boahene, a surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital, peers through the natural opening under the cheekbone and above the jaw that he uses for surgery.

An Unorthodox Approach To Tricky Surgery

A Johns Hopkins surgeon who is pretty handy with an endoscope has figured out how to operate in some hard-to-reach spots at the base of the skull through a natural opening above the jawbone.

Now Public: Richard Nixon's Grand Jury Testimony

A historian asked a court to unseal the documents thinking they could reveal some truth about Watergate. A court ordered the release in July.

An illustration of a healthful meal drawing from the African Heritage Diet Pyramid and African culinary traditions.

How Soul Food Can Be Good For Your Health

Soul food has a rap as being too sweet and heavy. But in reality, the culinary traditions of the African diaspora offer just as many healthful eating options as those of Mediterraneans. That's the word from experts behind a new African Heritage Diet Pyramid, which puts eating guidelines into cultural context.

'Epic' Storm Slams Alaskan Coast

Dominic Fredianelli and Cole Smith returned to their homes on Michigan's Upper Peninsula after their tours in Afghanistan.

'Where Soldiers Come From,' And How They Return

When Dominic Fredianelli joined the National Guard, he had a signing bonus and college tuition help in mind — but then he went to war. The new documentary Where Soldiers Come From tracks how Fredianelli and his friends went from carefree Michigan teens to soldiers facing battle in Afghanistan.

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