...burqas and niqabs, two types of traditional Muslim garb. The niqab is a face veil; the burqa covers a woman head to toe. Calderdale Councillor Allen Clegg is leading the charge for banning this clothing because wearing them "intimidates people," he says...

...first mother-daughter team to cross the Atlantic in a row boat. The British pair set off in a 23-foot plywood boat, the Calderdale, from the Canary Islands on Jan. 20, along with 13 other boats racing in the Ocean Rowing Society's Atlantic Rowing Regatta...