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Insurers often don't cover condoms, contraceptive sponges and spermicides unless people get a prescription for them. And that requires thinking ahead.

Many consumers try shopping consciously by going to local stores or ones owned by certain faith or ethnic groups. Maggie Anderson and her family spent a year trying to shop exclusively at African American-owned businesses. They chronicled their efforts in the new book titled Our Black Year. Maggie Anderson talks with host Michel Martin.

Gen. Mohammed Hejazi's comments — that Iran would not wait for its enemies to take action against it — escalated tensions between Iran and the West.

Republican Bob Morris says he got his information from the Internet. The Girl Scouts have a different opinion.

The New Orleans funk band's latest album takes listeners from Fat Tuesday to Ash Wednesday.

Profile Records never meant to get into the rap game, but the label launched the careers of groups like Run-D.M.C.

Diplomacy in the age of social media is transforming the way ambassadors do their jobs. From tweets to Facebook posts, the State Department is encouraging ambassadors to get their messages out in new and different ways.

Drinking alcohol from fermenting fruit can kill parasites that infect the tiny insects. But don't get any ideas that a night at the local pub can stave off malaria or hookworm; research says alcohol doesn't have the same effect on people.

The mentally ill woman objected to the abortion citing her religious beliefs. But the judge granted the woman's parents guardianship so they could consent to the abortion. The case was eventually overturned by an appeals court.

The 1-800-GET-THIN marketing campaign and its affiliated surgical centers, which implant the Lap-Band for weight-loss, are being investigated by local, state and federal authorities. At least three wrongful death lawsuits have been filed and the Department of Insurance has launched an investigation into allegations of insurance fraud.