N.C. makes a showing in 'American Idol'

Anthem Blue Cross agrees to take back clients, pay $1-million fine
As part of a deal with California regulators, the state's largest health insurer will offer new coverage to 2,330 people it dropped after they submitted bills for expensive medical care. Anthem Blue Cross, the state's largest for-profit health insurer, has agreed to pay a $1-million fine and offer new coverage -- no questions asked -- to 2,330 people it dropped after they submitted bills for expensive medical care.

Mom Re-Enlists To Get Treatment For Disabled Son

A budget crisis in Nevada means long waiting lists for disabled children who need state-funded, early-intervention therapy. So one mother is taking drastic action: Emily Spahr is re-enlisting in the Army to try to get the help her 4-month-old son needs.

N.C. makes a showing in 'American Idol'
Some list at least two people from North Carolina in the top 36 contestants for "American Idol" -- UNC graduate student Anoop Desai and Elizabeth City native Rick Braddy.
The science of romance: Brains have a love circuit
Like any young woman in love, Bianca Acevedo has exchanged valentine hearts with her fiance.

AGRICULTURE-INDIA: Looking Beyond Wheat and Rice
BANGALORE, Feb 11 (IPS)Food security experts say India must wean itself away from dependence on wheat and rice and look to the sub-continent’s rich agro-diversity in order to address the kind of food crisis that hit the country last yearas well as longer-standing nutrition deficiency issues.