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Sarah Blake's new book retells the biblical flood from the point of view of Noah's wife — who never has a name in the Bible, but who nevertheless helped humanity (and all those animals) survive.

The cases involve allegations that major retail pharmacies knowingly overcharged Medicaid and Medicare by overstating what their "usual and customary prices" are.

Guitarist, composer, arranger and producer Yasser Tejeda, from the Dominican Republic, has a new album out.

The bridge is elegantly stretched between two peaks in China, where visitors can gaze under their feet at the canyon — a vertigo-inducing 328 yards below.

More than a million Muslims have embarked on the yearly hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, after last year's holy event was marred by a deadly stampede that killed hundreds and stoked regional tensions.

A wildfire near San Jose, Calif. has destroyed a dozen homes, and threatens more than 150 structures. Meanwhile, the massive Soberanes fire is still burning two months after it began.

Mary Keitany has won the women's race three years in a row. Tatyana McFadden won her fourth consecutive title in the women's wheelchair race. Ghirmay Ghebreslassie became the youngest man ever to win.

Veteran cartoonist Jules Feiffer has just written his first graphic novel, the noirish Kill My Mother. Reviewer Alan Cheuse is discovering graphic novels equally late, but still finds it a good read.

Great people do great things, says author Mark Shriver, but they're often not good people. Shriver's new memoir of his father, R. Sargent Shriver, is a loving look at a man he says managed to be both great and good.

Ecologist and "natural security expert" Rafe Sagarin thinks our systems for dealing with natural disasters and terrorist attacks need to be updated. The best place to turn for advice? Other organisms.