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Host Michel Martin talks to Loretta Tofani, who closed her furniture store after discovering poor working conditions at the Chinese factories that supplied her business. She talks about how she made her decision, and about the factory building collapse in Bangladesh.

In two separate rulings Thursday, New York's appellate court, the state's second highest court, ruled that the state's Oil, Gas and Solution Mining Law…

Col. Moammar Gadhafi's son has only appeared one other time since he was captured in 2011. Gadhafi is accused of war crimes, but he was making an appearance on charges that he was plotting an escape.

Dissent is not tolerated in Eritrea, so exiles from the African nation had to get creative when it came to organizing opposition. They are now relying on robocalls that tell Eritreans to stay home Friday evening, the night traditionally devoted to going out.

Caroline Kennedy isn't just an advocate for reading poetry. In her latest book, Poems to Learn by Heart, Kennedy stresses the importance of memorizing poetry and presents a collection of poems that she believes kids and adults alike should internalize.

#807, Adventure, Lux Radio Theater “The China Run” 6/8/53 CBSTuned To Yesterday features programs from radio's golden era. Drama, Comedy, Western, Sci-Fi…

As a pop star, no one comes close to dominating culture and conversation the way Beyonce does. Because she exerts such control over her image — from advertisements to films, politics to pop songs — should we think of her differently?

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One half of the rap duo Kris Kross, he died Wednesday. Kelly was 34. A police report obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution says Kelly took a mixture of cocaine and heroin the night before his death and had a history of drug abuse.

Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali was traveling from his home in Islamabad to a hearing in the case of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's 2007 assassination when his car was sprayed with bullets.