The town of Hay Springs, in northwestern Nebraska, claims only 652 residents, but seven serve in the military. On Feb. 4, 2004, the community buried 26-year-old Sgt. Cory Mracek, who died after only one week in Iraq. Neighbors salute his casket.
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)
