PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA—After working her third straight 17-hour shift, garment worker Nghiem Phuong said Monday she "couldn't help but laugh" after sewing her ...

Around 6 million Americans report that food stamps are their only source of income. What do you think?

WASHINGTON—The can monopoly enjoyed by the nation's poorest one percent highlights the growing and possibly unbridgeable gap between the rich and mega-poor.

HELENA, MT—Saying the extra bit of kindling material couldn't have come at a better time, 43-year-old school teacher Tim Donaldson received his...

WASHINGTON—Authorities expect the shortage to subside by April, but until then, urge citizens to skip shy the rickshaw until the flypaper marigolds can waterfall.

DETROIT—Since its installment last August, the towel-shaped plot of grass has turned what was once a run-down community into a thriving, picturesque oasis.

ALBANY, NY—Emergency crews called to the scene described the remains of the victims as "slightly more lifeless than they were before the accident."

WASHINGTON, DC—According to employees at the nonprofit organization Refugees International, each of the four new fall interns has been...

Temporary housing enthusiasts traveled from as far as park benches and ATM lobbies on the other side of town for the event.

IRVINE, TX—Participants were skeptical of motivational speaker Martin Vaughan's claims until they heard that he was, at one time, also skeptical.

WASHINGTON, DC—"Another couple dozen wage increases and we'll be swimming in Heinz, or at least my grandchildren will," said one 41-year-old mother of ...

CHICAGO, IL—Many of those who live in the hopeless pit of a neighborhood say they are hesitant to allow the prick developer to dump ...

LOUISVILLE, KY— The Kentucky Department of Motor Vehicles announced yesterday that the game of chicken will be added to the state's...

Gov. Ted Kulongoski of Oregon is living on a budget of a week's worth of food stamps for the state's Hunger Awareness Week ...

PRINCETON, NJ—The Educational Testing Service, developer of the Scholastic Aptitude Test, is creating a new section on the standardized...

A report issued by the National Coalition for the Homeless says there were more attacks against the homeless in 2006 than in the previous decade,...

PARIS—"It is our belief that this fragrance will bring much-needed panache to the Third World," said Chanel CEO Maureen Chique, hoping to tap the ...