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See highlights of a Kaiser Family Foundation/NPR survey on the effects of long-term joblessness.

In his debut novel, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, Anthony Marra takes readers to the war-torn republic of Chechnya. People disappear, informers betray and those with humanity endure great hardships.

Also: A comic book for the blind; Salvador Dali's great, trippy Alice in Wonderland illustrations.

Mark Kurlansky's book Ready for a Brand New Beat is a history of the song "Dancing in the Street." It was the soundtrack for the summer of 1964, when race riots and war protests spread across the United States.

Jason Mott's novel The Returned is now an ABC television series called Resurrection, which premieres this weekend. The plot was inspired by a dream Mott had about his mother.

The Afghan government claims Thursday that its troops have retaken the northern city of Kunduz, which fell to Taliban forces two days earlier.

Nikki Haley was the only major candidate left in Nevada's presidential primary election but even that advantage did not help her clinch a win in the contest.

A new study finds that having a dog can boost daily activity levels in girls by 52 minutes a day.

As Al Gore's running mate in 2000, Lieberman became the first Jewish candidate on a presidential ticket of one of the two major parties. He later became an independent and was a leader of No Labels.

The Internet was where many people registered their shock over a Super Bowl ad. It was the Nationwide commercial that dramatized the death of child from accidents in the home.