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Hebden Bridge was just another dying mill town in the English county of Yorkshire until a new community developed in the area. By 2001, the proportion of lesbian to heterosexual residents in the valley had outstripped London, Manchester or Brighton. The lesbians have found a welcoming environment where they can raise families without stigma.
Parents are being pushed aside by Internet sites and other modern practices.
Millions who live in trailer parks are unable to take out traditional mortgages.
May 6, 2008 · Russian President Vladimir Putin has overseen his country's dramatic transformation into an oil-rich power. But he has also brought authoritarianism back to Russia, where corruption is running rampant and many still live in poverty.
May 5, 2008 · Author Charles Ardai is founder of Hard Case Crime, a publishing group that reprints classic crime fiction and publishes new pulp fiction in paperback editions. Ardai, who writes under the pen name Richard Aleas, has won the Edgar Award for mystery writing.
May 5, 2008 · Mildred Loving, a black woman who married a white man in 1958, when interracial unions were banned in Virginia, died last week. The couple's case made it to the Supreme Court, which overturned the Virginia ban in 1967.
May 5, 2008 · The trucks have long been a favorite spot for cheap Mexican food in Los Angeles. But a new law goes into effect next week in Los Angeles County that truck owners say could drive them out of business.
May 5, 2008 · A new bistro in Washington honors the memory of Motown legend Marvin Gaye. Gaye spent some of the happiest days in the Belgian beach resort town of Ostend ... detoxing.
May 4, 2008 · You've probably never heard of Shawn Johnson, especially if you live outside of Iowa. But the 16-year-old gymnast from West Des Moines is the reigning World All-Around champion and is considered one of the favorites to win gold at the Summer Olympics in Beijing.
May 4, 2008 · Army Staff Sgt. David Julian was killed in a suicide bombing in Baghdad earlier this year. He was the first soldier from the small town of Evanston, Wyo., to die in the war in Iraq.
May 3, 2008 · On a junky car lot in north Indianapolis, Delonzo Rhynes is living his dream of restoring rusted-out Mustangs. But his specialty is a creation all his own — the Mustang Thunder Hawk — a yellow and black custom beauty that he lovingly creates from old Mustang shells.
May 1, 2008 · David Mamet hates NPR. Well, he loves it, too. It's a complicated relationship, not unlike those he writes about in his plays, books and movies. Mamet, perhaps best known for the play and movie Glengarry Glen Ross, discusses radio, art and politics.
April 30, 2008 · The Democratic presidential campaigns are crisscrossing Indiana, stopping in Republican strongholds such as Martinsville. In this town with a troubled racial history, voters share their views on the match-up between a white woman and a black man.
April 30, 2008 · Four brothers under the age of 35 are running a 24-hour Afghan TV station out of a warehouse in Hayward, Calif. Since July 2007, the Yousefzai brothers have brought a mix of drama, music, education and cooking shows to their audience.
April 30, 2008 · The Alvin School District, near Houston, will likely serve some of the children who were taken into state custody after a raid on a polygamist sect in West Texas. Denise Babb, director of accelerated programs for the school district, talks about how the children's needs will be accommodated.