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Afraid to post your child's picture on Facebook? Worried your financial information will be compromised? Experts say we need to decide how we want to interact with each other, consider the importance of privacy to a democracy and take the time to learn privacy settings and rules.

The enthusiasm and joy of a historic free election had given way to resignation, during the second round of presidential voting in Egypt. With the high court's move to dissolve the country's parliament, some Egyptians have lost faith in their fledgling democracy.

Hang on tight. These five new works of fiction will take you on an exhilarating ride. Brace yourself for a noir he-said-she-said, an R-rated version of Marie Antoinette's life and death, a haunting tale from a back-to-nature commune and Toni Morrison's lush Home.

Herman Cain is the only Republican presidential contender who's never held political office. Critics say that could be a disadvantage. Cain and his supporters say his business experience is an asset.

Two writers dig to the bottom of why other people's bad taste in music bothers us so much, and along the way, lay out the new rules for thinking and writing about pop.

One day after Israel's withdrawal of Jewish settlers from Gaza and four West Bank settlements, violence leaves five Palestinians and one Jewish man dead. Israeli soldiers shot dead five suspected Palestinian militants in a West Bank cafe. In Jerusalem's Old City, two Jewish seminary students were stabbed and one died.

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says Israel will do whatever is required to defend the nation against attacks. The Cabinet approves assassinations of Palestinian militants. The actions follow attacks by Hamas at the southern Israeli town of Sderot.

One of the literary world's unexpected successes over the past year has been a book written by former French resistance fighter Stephane Hessel. In Time for Outrage, Hessel calls for young people to resist the injustices of today's world — and he seems to have struck a nerve.

Like most members of the military returning from deployment, members of the Army National Guard's 182nd Infantry Regiment face a tough return to life back home. A program developed by the military offers assistance from job fairs to couples counseling, but it's often the last help soldiers get.

Republican Scott Brown won what he called the "people's seat" in 2010 by casting himself as the opposite of the Kennedy dynasty. Now, Democrat Elizabeth Warren, a Wall Street watchdog, is raising Democrats' hopes they can win the seat back. So far, both campaigns are competing over who is the "real" populist.

Israeli troops storm a prison in Jericho and take custody of six Palestinian militants, including those accused of murdering an Israeli cabinet minister five years ago. The action prompts riots in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, where foreign diplomatic missions are attacked and foreigners are kidnapped.

Pulp magazines might have been a dime a dozen, but there are gems to be found in the rough of their effusive, cheaply printed pages, says author Howard Andrew Jones. He suggests three overlooked collections of pulp fiction, featuring heroic, richly drawn adventures.