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For two years, the author lived in a Laotian hospital, in an apartment above the operating room. His experiences there inspired characters — including a country coroner — for the books he would later write.

In the journal Nature, scientists report the antibodies were found in 32 people who were alive in 1918 and were able to protect mice infected with a variant of the 1918 virus. The discovery is helping scientists understand what it might take to battle a modern flu pandemic.

Every presidential election has legions of behind-the-scenes operatives who toil for the candidates and for the major parties. One such operative is union activist Anna Burger of the Service Employees International Union, who helps to lead one of the fastest-growing unions in America.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that Russian forces appear to be pulling back from positions inside Georgia and dismissed questions about whether U.S. troops might aid the pro-Western Georgian government.

The federal government today announced its plans for a takeover of the troubled mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. While U.S. officials had hoped to avoid a bailout, the deterioration of the two companies could no longer be ignored.

Economic and employment opportunities are much on the minds of black voters during this presidential campaign season. Ronald Walters, a professor of government and politics at the University of Maryland, notes "there is something of a permanent recession in the black community."

This year, the job market for graduating college students is tougher than it's been since the 2001 recession — especially in finance and manufacturing. Career counselors say the days when students got to juggle job offers are over.

President Bush will nominate Gen. David Petraeus to be the head of Central Command, putting him in charge of the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday ordered a complete review of the bidding process that gave a $40 billion contract to build Air Force refueling tankers to a team led by Northrop Grumman Corp. and the European company Airbus instead of Boeing.

Researchers studying the impact of climate change on arctic creatures say that the Narwhal — the long-tusked whale that gave rise to the myth of the unicorn — could be in danger. Narwhals hunt in ice-covered areas and may be among the first animals to feel the heat of warming arctic waters.