Personal homes have become more attractive investments for people during the rise and fall the stock market. The median house price has risen 37 percent over the past five years while stock values have declined 40 percent over the past two years. This $3.2 million home in Palo Alto, Calif., displayed a rare sign in July: a price reduction.
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)
