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Mare's-urine cocktails? Do-it-yourself forceps? Randi Hutter Epstein's new book Get Me Out: A History of Childbirth From the Garden of Eden to the Sperm Bank is full of delightful — and sometimes disturbing — anecdotes about the history of pregnancy and childbirth.

Officials from more than 40 nations gather in Annapolis, Md., for the start of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. The summit is the Bush administration's first initiative in seven years. Analysts urge President Bush to use his full influence to help bring about peace.

Alice Brock, made famous in Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant," believes in improvisation. And it's a good thing, too — she knew nothing about running a restaurant when she opened her now legendary business.

The Alabama Shakes, Mayer Hawthorne and Allen Stone walk the thin line of retro-soul authenticity.

At the Culinary Institute of America, chef George Higgins teaches his students a foolproof method for making a flaky pie crust. It starts with 3 parts flour, 2 parts fat and 1 part liquid.

In Baghdad, one of Saddam Hussein's most notorious prisons is now abandoned. Looters took everything of value from the building. But people who were tortured there remember all too well. NPR's Scott Simon reports.

The Army says up to 28 U.S. soldiers may face criminal charges connected to the deaths of two prisoners at an U.S.-run prison in Afghanistan two years ago. The most serious potential charges cited include involuntary manslaughter and maiming. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.

California spends $1 billion each year to provide medical services for inmates, but the quality of that care is under fire. Amid charges of incompetence, doctors face the challenge of treating patients who often ignore their health until illness is all but untreatable.

While the race for the playoffs continues in the NFL, one big question remains: Can the Detroit Lions go the entire season without winning a game?

Literary Santa delivers his list of favorite fiction, nonfiction and poetry — a box of the best books from 2010 that he'd like to bring to your house on a snowy morning.

Morgan Harrington, 20, was last seen alive on Oct. 17, 2009, when she left a Metallica concert at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. The band's lead singer is asking the public for help in finding her killer.

There's nothing better on a cold day than a warm bowl of soup. But when did our ancestors first brew up this tasty broth? New archaeological evidence suggests that soup making could be tens of thousands of years old.