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The State Department has created an online "embassy" for Iran to give Iranian civilians information about the U.S. The feature also has links to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, all in Farsi.

Writer Joseph Epstein has already traced the history and practice of snobbery and envy. In his new book, Gossip: The Untrivial Pursuit, he turns his attention to one of humanity's oldest endeavors: our desire to hear — and share — the secrets of others, even if we feel guilty about it.

Do we need a hip-hop concept album in 2011? Yes, if it's as thoughtful and poignant as undun.

Bob Mondello recommends the original BBC miniseries of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, ahead of the new film.

Most of the victims were Shiite worshippers in Kabul for one of the sect's holiest days. Experts worry that the suicide bombings could mark a turn in the decade-long war. One analyst says, "I think you're creating the seeds for civil war."

Federal regulators want companies to stop selling homeopathic human chorionic gonadotropin to help people lose weight to stop. The regulators said the marketing of the products makes them "unnapproved new drugs" and that's against the law.

The new initiative directs U.S. agencies to deter governments from criminalizing homosexuality and could strain relations with allies like Saudi Arabia.

Tuesday's vote seems to signal the end of a 2005 agreement to end the judicial wars in the Senate by barring filibusters except in extraordinary circumstances.

With the help of Vermont's governor, folk artist Bo Muller-Moore is contesting charges of trademark infringement from Chick-fil-A. The fast-food chain says Muller-Moore's "Eat More Kale" T-shirts too closely resemble its own "Eat Mor Chikin" ad campaign.

Calling someone a "rat" is no compliment, but a new study shows that rats actually are empathetic and will altruistically lend a helping paw to a cage mate who is stuck in a trap.