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Japan spends half as much on health care as the U.S., yet its people have the longest healthy life expectancy. Diet and lifestyle are key, but affordable health care plays a major role.

Iraqi civilians are fleeing Baghdad's embattled Sadr City as U.S.-backed forces are preparing to launch a new push against Shiite militias.

A summer camp at the recently reopened center in Baghdad is offering Iraqi children a safe place to learn and play, away from the violence. Through art projects and plays, children try to experience the normalcy of prewar Iraq.

First-time political candidate Sean Tevis has unwittingly struck fundraising gold with a stick-figure comic strip. His Web cartoon, a fundraising appeal in his bid for state lawmaker, attracted nationwide attention. He has raised nearly $100,000.

The U.N. Security Council has held five emergency sessions concerning the fighting between Russia and Georgia that began last week. President Bush issued a strong statement calling the Russian invasion unacceptable. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad talks about Russia's offensive into Georgia.

The Democratic presidential campaigns are crisscrossing Indiana, stopping in Republican strongholds such as Martinsville. In this town with a troubled racial history, voters share their views on the match-up between a white woman and a black man.

U.S. shot-putter Adam Nelson is training for the upcoming U.S. Olympic trials, where he hopes to qualify for his third Olympic Games. But in his quest for a gold medal, he's tweaking his technique in what may be a risky move.

Rescue workers are having a hard time getting heavy equipment to isolated towns and villages in Southwestern China after Monday's earthquake. Thousands of residents are still buried beneath buildings, and survivors are worried about the aftereffects of the disaster.

At this time of year, beaches near San Simeon in Central California are overrun by elephant seals. These 2,000-pound beasts used to be an endangered species. Now there are so many elephant seals crowding the beaches, they're starting to venture toward the nearby highway.

U.S. shot-putter Adam Nelson, a two-time Olympic silver medalist, is willing to try anything — legal — to win gold at this summer's games in Beijing. That includes sports hypnotherapy, in which he visualizes success in the shot-put circle.