Where drug bust means therapy, not prison time
Last year, California voters authorized the nation's biggest experiment in narcotics policy. It started July 1.

Arrests point to IRA-Colombia link
Three alleged IRA members are accused of tutoring Colombian rebels. If that's true, peace may be a casualty.

Unheard-of heroics
Every day, 1.8-million people take airline flights in the United States. A handful of those flights are interrupted by engine problems or other mechanical glitches, but they usually are nothing more than an inconvenience to passengers. Occasionally, a plane comes perilously close to disaster and pilots take heroic action to save the lives of the everyone on board.