Iran is still only operating several hundred centrifuges at its uranium enrichment plant outside the city of Natanz, despite its claims to have activated 3,000 of the devices, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Thursday.Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced Monday that the...

Tens of thousands of elementary school-age girls work in Guinea for no pay as household servants in conditions akin to slavery, according to a report released Friday by Human Rights Watch.The girls, some as young as 5 years old, cook, clean, fetch water and care...

Oakland Raiders coach Lane Kiffin is worried that rookie quarterback JaMarcus Russell is throwing off his learning curve by staying out of training camp in a contract dispute."We're now getting to the point where we've had enough practices where it is going to be a...

A former state legislator charged with corruption said he stretched the truth when he bragged to two powerful corporate friends about his intentions for legislation they wanted passed.Those claims _ secretly recorded by the FBI _ formed the basis for conspiracy and bribery charges against...

In the following essay, Pinsky provides a favorable review of Field Work.