"Sporkful" host Dan Pashman started down the journey of making an ideal pasta shape three years ago

Jack's not back, but the outdated structure that governed "24" is, with engaging new lead. Can he get the job done?

The stories we missed this week: Boys perform worse in mixed-gender English classrooms, a verdict in the controversial transgender murder trial and a woman's life saved by her bra.

Waterboarding Americans and the redefinition of torture

A controversial surgery to reduce screaming draws critics -- but the boy's doctor says it's to help him

Episode 4: For once, Yaney blows up something besides a balloon.

Salon talks to Shirley Manson about the state of rock, the new album, JT LeRoy and why her new pink hair is so punk

A street vendor dreams of his own health food diner, one bacon-wrapped hot dog at a time

How primitive and uncivilized must a country be to allow its leading officials to inflict torture with no accountability?

I told my husband I was a virgin when we married but I wasn't. Now the guy I did it with is going to tell.

Readers weigh in on Michael Savage's invective against Arabs, why "shock and awe" goes to the heart of the Iraq torture disaster, and prisoner abuse inside the U.S. Plus: The Pentagon responds to Joe Conason.

Make me remember Taco Bell commercials! Two new shows torture contestants -- and the audience -- in unique ways.

Why can't I stop watching the bleakest show on television? Because it's the only way I've found to cope with my mother dying.

A new book exposes the incestuous relationship between the two and the extent to which they both feed us propaganda

Human Rights Watch has accused Syria of systematically torturing detainees