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Buying sustainable seafood used to require a trip to a fancy fishmonger. But no more. Big-box stores like Target, Walmart, and Costco are switching to sustainably harvested fish in a big way.

A new casino set to open in Atlantic City has announced it will set term limits for its front-line staff and employees will have to go through the hiring process again.

Demand for organic and local food is rising in Hong Kong. But people find supply limited and expensive, mirroring the early days of the organic movement in other countries.

People gathered around the country Friday to protest the Department of Health and Human Services' mandate on birth control coverage. They're also protesting what they see as a wider abridgment of religious liberties. While the protesters don't reflect most Americans' views, they do represent the views of evangelicals.

The population of Montana just hit 1 million, but not all residents are celebrating. It's one of the least dense states in the nation, and they like it that way.

Every summer, thousands of comic-book fans descend on the San Diego Convention Center. For comic-book lovers, the year ends and begins with Comic-Con, a convention that brings together the readers and writers of the genre. Many fans are seeking out the next superhero or looking for that niche comic you can't get in a store. We visit with Batton Lash, who writes a comic called Supernatural Law.

Consumer prices jumped sharply in September, recording their biggest increase in more than 25 years. Soaring energy costs fueled most of the increase. But other signs suggest the steep rise in fuel prices isn't spreading to the rest of the economy -- at least not yet.

Even as a child, Benjamin Carson wanted to be a doctor. Now a renowned pediatric neurosurgeon, Carson believes he owes his success to his mother, a domestic who received only a third-grade education.

Backspacer is Pearl Jam's first studio album since the musicians became free agents, finally fulfilling a seven-album contract with Sony. That process took 15 years. The band is now on its own, striking distribution deals with major corporations, a turnaround for the once very anti-corporate band.

"My own historically Republican mother told me she looked up her senators and called them for the first time in her life," Liz Hanks, who leads the Texas chapter of Moms Demand Action, told NPR.