Readers write about why the world is safer without nuclear weapons, how the government cannot legislate whom churches marry, why America must change the way it invests, and why tickets for men's basketball games cost more than tickets for women's.
A large majority of states are slicing into their social safety nets, often crippling preventive efforts that officials say would save money over time.
AP - Nineteen American sailors who escaped a pirate hijacking off the Horn of Africa reached safe harbor on Saturday, exhilarated by freedom but mourning the absence of the captain they hailed for sacrificing his freedom to save them.
AP - At the height of the U.S. housing boom, when building materials were in short supply, American construction companies used millions of pounds of Chinese-made drywall because it was abundant and cheap.
The battle for control of the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama began with a bold move by some crew members to jump the pirates. A scuffle ensued and one of the crew members stabbed a pirate in the hand in the battle to retake the container ship, one of the sailors told CNN. The Alabama docked Saturday in Mombasa, Kenya. Its captain remains held by pirates.
Police have arrested a Sunday-school teacher in the killing of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu, and say the woman owned the suitcase that held the California girl's body. Melissa Huckaby faces charges of kidnapping and murder. Huckaby lived in the same mobile home park as Sandra's family, and Sandra was friends with Huckaby's daughter, police say.