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The main character in Rebecca Miller's new novel is a pest with a past, and his gnat-like status offers him one great advantage: Those convex eyes allow him to see fully into the hearts of humans, specifically two other characters whose paths intersect with his.

Fidel Castro treated Hugo Chavez like a son, and the Venezuelan leader in turn provided large dollops of assistance to prop up the Cuban economy. Cubans are now worried that the oil shipments and subsidies could decrease or even end.

As the year began there was at least some growth in most parts of the country, the central bank says.

In a profile of Ginsburg for this week's New Yorker, Jeffrey Toobin describes how the incremental philosophy of litigation that helped her win many precedent-setting women's rights cases as a lawyer is reflected in her career as a Supreme Court justice.

The Republican from Kentucky said he would speak until he could speak no more to sound the alarm on the Obama administration's targeted killing program.

The Soviet soldier, missing since 1980, was nursed back to health by locals after being wounded in battle. He later converted to Islam and married an Afghan woman.

Love that bacon, but realize that porking up on processed meat ups the risk of cancer and heart disease. That's the word from a big new study that tracked the eating habits of almost a half-million Europeans over 20 years.

The Venezuelan leader had many critics, but he managed to stay in power for 14 years with his theatrical style and the loyal backing of the country's poor.

The stock market's long climb has some people concerned it may be a bubble about to burst — a bubble artificially pumped up by the Federal Reserve's easy-money policy. That's led to calls — even from within the Fed — for an end to the central bank's extraordinary efforts to keep interest rates low.

Audie Cornish talks to Patrick Duddy, the last U.S. Ambassador to serve in Venezuela. He's currently a visiting senior lecturer at Duke University's Center for International Studies.