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Miriam Cruz and Oscar Colon were brought together nearly 50 years ago by a New York acting gig that never panned out. But the moment they met, at a restaurant on Broadway, "there was an electricity," Miriam says.

Every year, Palestinians from towns and villages across the West Bank bring their ladders and tarps to local olive groves. Olive oil season is the center of local history and culture — and at the heart of the economy.

Self-proclaimed "Leaf Geek" Mollie Katzen shares vegetable inspirations for Thanksgiving. She prepares a chard recipe from her latest cookbook, The Vegetable Dishes I Can't Live Without, and extols the virtues of roasted Brussels sprouts.

Kaing Guek Eav, the former Khmer Rouge interrogator known as Duch, was brought to court in Cambodia for a pretrial hearing. It is the first public session of the U.N.-backed tribunal probing the regime's reign of terror in the 1970s. Duch, 66, is charged with crimes against humanity.

Philip C. Winslow has worked for the Christian Science Monitor and ABC radio, but he hasn't always been a journalist: His new memoir detailsthe time he spent working with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in the West Bank. It was during the second Palestinian intifada.

It's all most of us can do to shower and get out of the door in the morning, never mind starting the day with a healthy breakfast. But celebrity chef Nigella Lawson has ideas for a quick and tasty morning meal.

In a new oral biography, Rolling Stone editors Corey Seymour and Jann Wenner recount the turbulent life of journalism pioneer Hunter S. Thompson. Thompson's inner circle reflects on the writer's talent and famously wild lifestyle.

Think your Thanksgiving is as American as pumpkin pie? Not so fast. Food historian Jack Turner explains to Andrea Seabrook how plants like cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg made their way around the world onto our dinner plates.

America's No. 2 diplomat has ended his weekend visit to Islamabad, Pakistan. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte met Saturday with military ruler Pervez Musharraf, telling the general to lift emergency rule and release all political detainees. Musharraf seems to be holding his ground.

Military officials in Pakistan say the country's army is preparing for a massive assault on Islamist militants in the Swat Valley, 100 miles north of the capital, Islamabad.