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AOL will offer free e-mail -- and other services -- to broadband customers as it shifts its focus from subscriber revenue to advertising revenue. The changes are part of a strategy announced Wednesday that seeks to increase AOL's shrinking audience.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr reflects on the situation in Cuba, and his own experiences with the now-ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

For Henry Belcher, learning to dance was a snap. After a friend taught him the basics, he picked up steps from dancers at shows -- and on the streets, where he earned money for "hoofing," a form of tap dance. After a long break, Belcher is back at it.

A majority of Shiites believe that Hezbollah has won a victory. But Michael Young, Lebanese commentator and opinion editor of the Daily Star, the English language newspaper in Beirut, also hears less optimistic views, including the fear of sectarian tension in the future.

News of Cuban President Fidel Castro' health is hard to come by, thanks to what some refer to as the "Kremlinology" of Cuba. Journalists and partisans -- not to mention interested governmental parties, such as the CIA -- are left to decipher Castro's condition.

France, a force behind the U.N.-brokered cease-fire in Lebanon, says it will send only 200 extra troops right now to police the peace. Observers had expected France to send about 2,000 troops to police the Israel-Lebanon border.

You can tell a little bit about what part of the country you're in by the sundaes on the menu. From Maine's fruit-salad sundae to New Mexico's green chili variety, there are frozen desserts to suit just about every taste bud.

Many Mexicans living abroad cast votes in Sunday's election. This was the first national election in Mexico that accepted absentee ballots. But poor planning and advertising stymied the effort.

Some people have decided to move back into neighborhoods wiped out by Hurricane Katrina regardless of whether New Orleans is ready or willing to provide them with services.

The women's prison in Kadhmiya, a Shiite area in Baghdad, is one of three major prisons in Iraq that house several hundred female inmates. They've been convicted of crimes such as prostitution, murder and terrorism. Some are being held pending trial. Many say they've been abused and raped.