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Environmentally friendly funerals are catching on in some areas of the U.S. as an alternative to traditional burials. So-called "green burials" eschew embalming and fancy caskets in favor of a more biodegradable, natural return to the earth.

Ministries raise millions of dollars with little oversight. One Senate lawmaker wonders whether the lavish lifestyles of the ministers violate the churches' tax-exempt status. Six megachurches have been asked to respond by Dec. 6 to questions about their spending.

Voters in Des Moines, Iowa, gather at a high school to discuss campaign issues, including health care, the role of the government, and the candidates. They will return to the same school a month from now for the January caucus.

A staple of the American road trip could be slowly disappearing. Owners of some roadside attractions are deciding that interest is waning in such treasures as the world's largest ball of string, Stinker the monkey or the Elvis Is Alive Museum.

Two Thanksgiving Day traditions endure — football and cranberry relish. John Feinstein reviews this year's NFL matchups, and Susan Stamberg persuades him to give an old family recipe a try.

During the Korean War, a brutal nine-day trek through the Korean countryside left nearly 100 American prisoners dead. Wayman Simpson, one of those POWs, recounts the ordeal and his treatment at the hands of a ruthless Korean officer nicknamed The Tiger.

Pakistan's president, General Pervez Musharraf, recently imposed emergency rule in the country, suspending the constitution and firing the Supreme Court. Economist Zehra Aftab and Professor Ali from Lahore, who has been detained, discuss how the rule is affecting communities in Pakistan.

Chris Sharma is hailed as the world's best rock climber and has mastered some of the most spectacular and difficult routes in the sport's history.

Paul Tibbets, who piloted the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb, has died at age 92. On Aug. 6, 1945, Tibbets' B-29 dropped the nearly five-ton bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Tibbets always insisted that he did not have regrets.

Dracula has had many incarnations, among them Jesus, a woman and a dog. Andrea Seabrook learns about Dracula and his many vampire brethren from Eric Nuzum, author of The Dead Travel Fast: Stalking Vampires from Nosferatu to Count Chocula.