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At the famous Fetish Market in Lome, Togo, traditional remedies and magical talismans compete with modern medicine for Africans looking to cure illness -- and also find love or cast a spell.

A series of new studies shows that the medical malpractice crisis around the country is real. But the solutions sought by doctors may not solve the problem.

Hundreds of thousands of Oklahoma children will soon be able to read free books thanks to the expansion of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program.

William Donaldson announced Wednesday that he would leave the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30. The outgoing SEC head is widely considered to have been a surprisingly aggressive advocate for reform.

Partisan tensions in the House of Representatives appear to have reached a new high. Lawmakers spent hours Tuesday night debating the fallout from a parental-consent bill passed last week. Democrats accused the Republican majority of deliberately misrepresenting amendments offered at a committee voting session on the measure.

British voters go to the polls Thursday in an election that Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour Party is expected to win. Voters appear ready to back a third Blair term despite anger at his government's support for the Iraq war.

Writer Philip Caputo returns to Kent State University, 35 years after he covered the shootings there as a young Chicago Tribune reporter. His new book, Thirteen Seconds, searches for meaning in the violence.

Slate human guinea pig Emily Yoffe goes head-to-head with a world-famous competitive eating champion, as she competes in this year's matzo ball-eating contest in New York City.

The House and Senate have been unable to reconcile differences over a supplemental spending bill, largely because of disagreements over a House-sponsored amendment aimed at curbing illegal immigration. The debate within the Republican Party is a prelude to a broader discussion still to come.

The sentencing phase of Army Pfc. Lynndie England's court martial begins. She testified Monday that she was not coerced into abusing detainees at Abu Ghraib, and she pleaded guilty to most of the charges against her.

Campaigning for Thursday's national election in Britain has proven particularly contentious in areas such as East London's Bethnal Green and Bow constituency, where the Iraq war is a key issue.

The home of Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner was rededicated this weekend in Oxford, Miss. Rowan Oak, which underwent a $1.3 million restoration, draws more than 20,000 literary pilgrims each year.