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  • In this Aug. 2, 2011 file photo, the bottom of the pond at the Gene Howe Wildlife Management Area is nearly dried up in Amarillo, Texas. A devastating drought across Texas turned rivers into sand, creeks into mud, springs into mere trickles and lakes into large puddles.
    Poll Finds Most Americans Believe The World Is Warming
    Most also believe the United States should play a significant role in addressing climate change.
  • Coal miner Lee Hipshire in 1976, shortly after emerging from a mine in Logan County, W.Va., at the end of his shift. A few years later, Lee took early retirement because of pneumoconiosis, or black lung disease. He died at 57.
    Federal Mine Agency Considering Tougher Response On Black Lung
    The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and the Labor Department are putting together a team of agency experts and lawyers to consider statutory and regulatory weaknesses detailed by NPR and the Center for Public Integrity this week.
  • Support group members Pamela Travis (from left), Dominique Martin, Yovanda Dixon, Shanna Chaney and Ramona Shewl hold a meeting as part of the Family Independence Initiative. The Oakland nonprofit encourages low-income families to form small groups to help each other get ahead.
    Struggling Families Lift Themselves Out Of Poverty
    An Oakland, Calif., nonprofit group encourages low-income families to figure out for themselves what they need to get ahead, and then helps them achieve their goals. Its pilot program for low-income families is proving to be a promising new approach to an old problem.
  • Texas Voter ID Law Now In Hands Of Three-Judge Panel
    The judges are expected to make a decision by late August, and a lot of people outside Texas are interested in the outcome. A number of states have passed voter ID laws, and several await Justice Department "preclearance." If Texas loses, it will almost certainly appeal to the Supreme Court.
  • The Dolle's sign is part of the magic of the boardwalk at Rehoboth Beach in Delaware.
    Wish You Were Here: The Rehoboth Beach Boardwalk
    Writer David Rowell always imagined what a seaside town with a boardwalk could be. He found it as an adult, on Delaware's Rehoboth Beach.
  • What's Killing 'King Coal' In West Virginia?
    For decades, coal represented half of the nation's electricity generation, but it dropped to only 34 percent for the month of March. While the decline is partially due to a warmer winter and stricter environmental regulations, the real culprit may be natural gas. Technological breakthroughs in fracking have led to a gas boom that's caused prices to plummet. As a result, power plants are switching from coal to natural gas and mines in Appalachia are shutting down.
  • President Obama clasps hands with Sen. Mark Warner (left), D-Va., and Democratic Senate candidate Tim Kaine during a campaign stop Friday in Virginia Beach, Va.
    Why New Swing State Of Virginia May Determine Presidency
    President Obama is on a two-day Virginia campaign swing, the airwaves are awash in campaign ads, and there's a veritable who-has-more-campaign-offices arms race under way. It's a situation that astounds lifelong Virginians. Says one political analyst: "It's almost the new Ohio."
  • What's It Mean That Romney Was CEO, Anyway?
    Documents suggest Mitt Romney was chief executive at Bain Capital for longer than he has said. That's significant — but only to a point.
  • Visa, MasterCard Come To More Than $6 Billion Settlement With Retailers
    Retailers filed lawsuits against the credit card companies for placing restrictions on surcharges. The settlement eases those restrictions.
  • Romney: 'No Role Whatsoever In Management Of Bain' After '99
    The Republican candidate for president went on the offensive in interviews with all major networks.
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