In the shadows of terrorism and war, a new threat is emerging that few Americans have pondered. Exotic animals captured in the wild are streaming across the U.S. border by the millions with little or no screening for diseases, leaving people increasingly vulnerable to a virulent outbreak that could rival a terrorist attack. View the audio slideshows.

Learn more about Anne Frank, whose famous diary recounted the life in hiding of a Jewish teenager and her family during World War II, as information from the archives at Bad Arolsen, Germany, recalls her story.

View a slideshow of vintage Southern Pacific rail trains from Bob Searle's collection while he discusses the importance of each photo.

The California Bears football team lost to the USC Trojans 23-9 at the Los Angeles Coliseum ending their Rose Bowl opportunity.

President Bush, on his first visit to a country where America lost a
two-decade-long fight against communism, said Friday the Vietnam
War's lesson for today's confounding Iraq conflict is that freedom
takes time to trump hatred. Embracing a former enemy that remains
communist but is allowing capitalism to surge, Bush opened a four-day
stay here that was fueling an already raging debate over his war
policy.

We tag along with 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist Andre Ward, en rout to his 10th boxing career bout against Derrick Findley, in the middleweight division at the HP Pavilion in San Jose in November 2006.

Cultural taboos - and the presence of the FBI - add up to a life of isolation for women in Lodi's Pakistani community. Read the story and view an audio slideshow.

It's not the famous "Axe." It's "The Cleaver." Cal and Stanford students battled at a recent cookoff for bragging rights. Find out who won.