Sunday, 11/8/2009
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Chandra, Trae and Jordan Berns were just 17 months old when they suffered grievous burns in a fire. But today, at 22, they are undergoing a new laser treatment that is improving their scars and their mobility. "Our scars have gotten a lot smoother," Trae said Friday.

After the arrest of a man police suspect of being the Ether Man" responsible for an 18-year series of rapes of college students across four states , two of his alleged victims expressed relief. It's great to have him off the streets, Pamela Fowler said Thursday.

Rihanna has sold more than 12 million albums and has had four No. 1 songs, but currently, her fame revolves around one fight. She now hopes to move on with music.

Last year, Dave Dudley lost his job as a software V.P. so he sold his house and took his wife and three children on the road in an RV. And theyre not alone: In a tough economy, more Americans are trading home and hearth for the open road.

When Sarah Palins memoir, Going Rogue: An American Life, hits bookstores on Nov. 17, it will face competition from OR Books Going Rouge: An American Nightmare, being released the same day with a strikingly similar book cover.

Scott Bidstrup lived on the road for six years no permanent address, no phone, no job, no responsibilities. It was one of the best periods of his life. But is it for you? Bidstrup has advice for those considering his lifestyle, and important questions you need to ask first.

In Mike Lupica's new novel, 13-year-old Nate Brodie goes to buy a Tom Brady autographed football and wins the chance of a lifetime to throw a pass through a target at a Patriots game on national TV. The prize? One million dollars. An excerpt.

Hes sold more than 250 million books but even John Grisham is worried about the future of the printed word in the wake of best-sellers going for as little as $9 at major retailers, and the rise of e-book readers like the Kindle. Its a disaster in the long term, he said Tuesday.

In his new book 100 Heartbeats, conservationist and television host Jeff Corwin provides an urgent portrait of wildlife that is teetering on the brink of extinction and spells out what can be done about it. Here is an excerpt.

President Barack Obama's half brother has broken his media silence to discuss his new novel the semi-autobiographical story of an abusive parent patterned on their late father, the mostly absent figure Obama wrote about in his own memoir.