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  • Jessica Harris talks with Wadi Foods co-founder Khalil Nasrallan about his pioneering work to bring high quality, healthy food to the Middle East. Harris also speaks with Brij Kothari, the founder of Planet Read.
  • Conservatives were once categorized as fiscal or social conservatives. While the split is not gone, it's apparently eroding as more conservatives combine both opposition for abortion and gay marriage with antipathy for deficits and the debt.
  • The booming business at for-profit outpatient laser surgery clinics comes at a high price for insurers and some patients. And the rate of serious complaints for treatments of back pain is higher than those for other outpatient procedures.
  • Poultry is big business in Alabama — the state is the third-largest U.S. poultry producer. Last week's tornadoes devastated the industry, destroying poultry houses and killing millions of chickens. Many Alabama farmers are now fighting to get back on their feet — others aren't sure they'll get that far.
  • The new software keeps iPhones from collecting the mass of location data researchers found the phones to keep.
  • The floral clock on the grounds of the Kentucky State Capitol is 50 years old. A golden anniversary celebration at the clock today attracted more than 200…
  • The death of Osama bin Laden has given President Obama new national security cred with voters — but is it a game-changer on Capitol Hill? Or are Republicans right back to defunding health care, restricting abortion and refusing to raise the debt ceiling without huge spending cuts?
  • The death of Osama bin Laden has reopened the debate about whether harsh tactics, such as simulated drowning, actually produce good intelligence. Former Bush administration officials say tough interrogation led the U.S. military to bin Laden's hideout. The Obama White House says it's not so simple.
  • A long-running study suggests that surgical removal of the prostate gland in young men diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer may be better than waiting to see if it gets worse. Still, a study of the treatment options has limitations.
  • The end of bin Laden, and the nation's bipartisan sense of satisfaction about it, led President Obama to ask lawmakers Monday evening to extend that feeling to other areas. No such luck. House Republicans on Wednesday approved controversial anti-abortion legislation opposed by most Democrats.
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