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Every hospital has a price list but it is hard for the average consumer to figure out what a hospital really charges for care. Traditionally, the price on that list is nowhere near what it actually expects you or an insurance company to pay.

Also: Lewis Wolpert admits lifting material from other authors; E. L. Doctorow on reading; the best books coming out this week.

The main group opposing the Assad regime had issued an ultimatum saying it would pull out unless the invitation to Tehran was revoked.

Drones are most well known for their military use, but in the near future unmanned flying contraptions may dust our crops, deliver us pizza, and become…

The Winter Olympics bobsled, luge and skeleton track was designed with safety in mind, not just speed. It was constructed after an athlete died in a violent crash, and others complained of out-of-control speed, at the Olympics four years ago.

It's a cliché and an understatement to say Latino-Americans aren't a monolithic group. But our survey of nearly 1,500 Latinos underscores the variety of different experiences collapsed into the term "Latino."

Also: Greg Mortenson to appear on the Today Show; Renata Adler's 1965 report from the march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala.; Nick Laird on poetry.

Japanese author Takashi Hiraide's The Guest Cat has just been released in English; it's a layered novel within a novel, centered on a workaholic couple who become enraptured by their neighbors' playful little cat. Reviewer Juan Vidal says "even dog lovers will relate" to the story.

The Office writer B.J. Novak expands his scope from Dunder Mifflin to the range of human experience in a new short story collection. We've got an exclusive excerpt — with readings by Novak himself, Mindy Kaling and Emma Thompson.

They appealed for money online raising more than $100,000. Maybe that generosity got Jamaica's Olympic Council in the giving mood because the council said it will pay the bobsled team's travel expenses.

Also: There's been a deadly bombing in Beirut; an explosion at an Oklahoma steel factory kills two people; a student at Widener University is shot and wounded; pilot whales are beaching themselves again in southern Florida; and China has lifted its ban on Lady Gaga's latest album.

Nearly 6,000 students in Union County could end up in different schools next year. The Union County school board is considering a plan to re-draw…

Alice had this problem when she went through the looking glass: You start in a known place. You advance, step by steady step. Nothing is amiss, nothing misplaced. But when you land, everything has turned totally weird. Nothing makes sense. All you can do is go, "Huh?" Let's "Huh?" together.

This fresh, fleeting delicacy, harvested through March, softens the harsh blow of winter. One or two large, plump scallops — raw, seared or tucked in crisp, maple-roasted bacon — can serve as the crowning jewels of a dish.

Also: Officials report a second chemical turned up in West Virginia's toxic water; Ukrainian protests turn deadly; more pilot whales have died off southern Florida; and now that the Antarctic scientists are back from their icebound ship, who pays for their rescue?

Music critic Greg Kot's new I'll Take You There chronicles the life and times of gospel star Mavis Staples and her family — from their hardscrabble beginnings in postwar Chicago to the civil rights movement and stardom. Reviewer Richard Torres praises the book's emotional honesty — but says it really needs a companion album.

Dumor, who hosted the BBC television program Focus on Africa,died Saturday of a heart attack near London. The 41-year-old was probably the best-known journalist on the continent. He roamed the region for years and was known for explaining Africa — the good and the bad — with clarity, context and compassion.

The Seattle Seahawks player's post-game interview set off another national discussion about race because of the way many reacted to it with not-so-veiled slurs. He tells CNN that it's those who posted racial comments about him afterward who "showed their true character."

People often quit when they think they can find a better option. Here's where people are quitting now.

Nidhogg is a frenetic, two-player sword-dueling game that harkens back to the old days of competitive arcade games when players jockeyed for position in both the physical world and a virtual one.