After Maine, the Battle Lines Over Gay Marriage Harden

As Catholic bishops prepare for a conference to discuss how to fight gay marriage, on-the-ground gay activists are thinking of ways to beef up the struggle

• Gay-Marriage Activists Look Ahead After Maine Defeat
• Gay Rights: Stonewall to Prop 8

Was Hasan Inspired by a Radical Imam's Sermons?

Was Major Nidal Malik Hasan a disaffected loner or a Muslim extremist whose rampage was inspired by terrorist groups overseas?

• Army Gains with Muslim Soldiers May Be Lost
• Photos: The Fort Hood Shootings

Lethal Injection

The state of Virginia is scheduled to execute John Allen Muhammad via lethal injection on Nov. 10 for the 2002 murder of Dean Harold Meyers, one of 10 killings during a a three-week rampage around the Washington, D.C. area

Army Gains with Muslim Soldiers May Be Lost

Less than 1% of America's 1.4 million troops are Muslim -- and that number is the military's best guess, since just 4,000 troops have declared their faith in service records

• Fort Hood Hero: Who Is Kimberly Munley?
• Hasan's Therapy: Could 'Secondary Trauma' Have Driven Him to Shooting?
• Photos: The Fort Hood Shootings
• Poll: Muslim Americans Still Struggle for Acceptance

Accused Abortionist Killer Admits Murder

Defiant and unapologetic, a man accused of shooting a Kansas abortion provider confessed to the slaying Monday, telling The Associated Press that he killed the doctor to protect unborn children

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The Afghanistan Guessing Game

As a White House source told me Monday night, "The President hasn't received the four options on Afghanistan yet."

The State of the American Woman

A quiet revolution has changed the status of American women; so what's new now?