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A plan to replace a Biloxi, Miss., bridge heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina with a bigger version is sparking a debate over how the Gulf Coast should be rebuilt.

Colin Freeman, a reporter for the Sunday Telegraph in London, says Jill Carroll had harbored dreams of being a foreign correspondent, which is why she went to Iraq to report on the war as a freelancer. Freeman knew Carroll in Iraq and says she was able to blend in better than many other Western reporters.

Marine Sgt. Daniel Price reflects how he balanced his time between fellow Marines and family before redeployment to Iraq. This piece is part of our Youth Radio series, "Reflections on Return."

The annual report of Reporters Without Borders finds that more journalists have been killed in Iraq since March 2003 than during the 20 years of conflict in Vietnam. Reporters have become targets in Iraq in marked contrast with reporters' experiences during the war in Vietnam.

Surveillance video cameras on Thursday morning captured two young men beating a homeless man on the campus of Florida Atlantic University in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. with sticks and baseball bats -- one of three attacks on homeless men in a single night.

Independent video stores are struggling to maintain a foothold in a shrinking rental market. In Seattle, Scarecrow Video is managing to stay afloat thanks to its varied selection.

Two near-simultaneous bombings kill more than 20 Iraqis in the heart of Baghdad. Iraq's insurgents have ratcheted up attacks over the past few days. U.S. and Iraqi officials say the rise in violence is linked to the impending announcement of final results from the Dec. 15 parliamentary elections.

The Iran-Hostage crisis, in which 52 Americans were held captive at the American embassy in Tehran for more than a year, ended 25 years ago today. Two key figures look back with Renee Montagne: Warren Christopher, deputy U.S. secretary of state, and Mohsen Sazegara, managing director of Iran's State Radio.

Internet search engine Google is drawing praise from civil libertarians for its refusal to hand over records about the search requests of millions of its users to federal prosecutors. Government lawyers say they need the information to defend a law meant to protect children from online pornography.

Alaska's Augustine volcano has erupted for the first time in two decades. Local volcanologists are pleased their computer models predicted the event accurately, but they anticipate that the big blast is yet to come. Alaska Public Radio's Annie Fiedt reports.