NEARLY HALF OF ALL AMERICAN women are single. Do you know what they look like?

Let's review: Congress passed a law banning the late-term abortion procedure in 2003. But district and appeals courts in three states, including California, ruled that the law was unconstitutional because it didn't make an exception for the health of the woman.

Together, single men and women make up about one-third of the nation's 111 million households. Toss in unmarried moms and dads living with children under age 18, and singles account for almost half.

For years, studies have touted the benefits of marriage, but new research is finally giving singles their due.

For women who have not had breast cancer, it is hard to imagine anything more devastating than losing a breast. Women who have had breast cancer quite often mourn the loss of their breast, or at the very least, their loss of feeling safe in their own bodies.

CHARLOTTE, N.C-Respondents to Wachovia's latest Retirement Fitness Survey report that they feel better than they did two years ago about preparing for retirement, but they show few signs of being more prepared. Moreover, women worry more than men about financial preparedness.

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa - Kris Parmer will soon take a dramatic step.

Later this month, the divorced mom of two children, ages 11 and 9, plans to move into the first house she's ever bought alone.