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For many workers, hours are not only short, but increasingly erratic as managers scramble to cover shifts without the steadying influence of experienced full-time employees.

That is the most serious charge against Pfc. Bradley Manning. It is punishable by life in prison.

The action stems from the seizure of the vessel carrying Cold War-era weapons as it attempted to transit the Panama Canal.

Pesticides carry warning labels that spell out health risks and how workers should protect themselves — but those labels are usually in English. More than 80 percent of the workers in the "salad bowls" of Salinas, Calif., or Yuma, Ariz., are Hispanic. Many have difficulty communicating in English.

The survey by the Pew Research Center reflects China's growing economic might. However, most respondents say they still view the U.S. more favorably than China.

Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have managed after seven decades to capture on film the world's most anticipated drip.

"Presentation is everything," says David George Gordon. In his revised Eat-A-Bug cookbook, the author offers recipes designed to please the palate and tempt the eyes. Insect "food porn" has arrived.

The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled to finalize the adoption of Baby Veronica by her white adoptive parents. The order comes after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that her biological father, a Cherokee Indian, could not use the Indian Child Welfare Act to claim custody rights.

After striking a bipartisan deal to move nominations forward, the Senate has now filled four top posts.

Over the past decade, fires in the American West have grown in intensity and size. "We're on a growth trajectory that is very scary," says one fire tracker. "And if we think it's expensive and dangerous now, we're just now seeing the very beginnings of how big this problem is going to be very soon."