Members of the Prophets for Profit investment club in Columbus, Ohio, met in mid-July to discuss strategy while the stock market tried to recover from a steep, swift decline to 8019. The $282,000 nest egg these 20 women had built together lost 50 percent of its value during the decline. "We don't trust any companies anymore and don't believe anything that's being said," said cofounder Joan Folpe.
This winter, U.S. News & World Report photographer Jim Lo Scalzo drove the length of the U.S.-Mexican border from El Paso, Texas, to San Diego, Calif.
(3/10/06)
Yemen, an impoverished Muslim nation on the Arabian Peninsula, became a surprising U.S. ally in the wake of September 11. A look at the country and its people
(3/3/06)
