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		THE END Gallery: From death bed to grave On the eve of Mexico's Day of the Dead, GREGORY BULL shares images of the recently deceased as they're prepared for burial.
		THE END Life at the ends of the earth How did people end up in the towns and settlements at the end of the road, the line, the land? OTIS HART explores the fringes.
		THE END Slideshow: When wars draw to a close JAIME HOLGUIN pairs archival photos with historians' insight to shed light on some turning points in U.S. history.
		ESSAY Why I, an American, got U.K. citizenship DON MELVIN explains his complex decision to swear allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II.
		asap RETRO Revisiting Black Tuesday: Oct. 29, 1929 RAY KUGLER digs through the AP archives and finds newsreel footage of the day that launched the Great Depression.
		RACE & IDENTITY Mixed-race blogger takes on Korea Michael Hurt examines a topic he's intimately famaliar with -- the experience of foreigners, and mixed-race people, in Korea. A video report by JENNI SOHN.
		REPORTING BACK Life under the other Castro In an asap podcast, NICOLAS B. TATRO asks AP Havana bureau chief ANITA SNOW whether anything has changed under Fidel's brother, Raul.
		LATIN AMERICA Building a better Medellin In a video report, ANDREA ZARATE looks for signs of progress in a still-troubled city synonymous with the Colombian drug trade of the 1980s.
		REPORTING BACK Looking for progress in Africa Good news, bad news: In an asap podcast, AP Africa Editor DONNA BRYSON talks to NICOLAS B. TATRO about a continent in flux.
		VIOLENCE IN PAKISTAN Muslims killing Muslims In the aftermath of the deadly attempt on former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's life, asap's OTIS HART examines the notion of Muslim extremists murdering fellow Muslims.
		CORPORATE WORLD Foreign workers want their due Claims against U.S.-based corporations by employees abroad have gained some attention. asap's PAUL CHAVEZ examines the Alien Tort Claims Act.
		PRESIDENTS Funny Colbert alternatives So Stephen Colbert says he's running for president. If politics is going to the comics, the ASAP STAFF has its own candidates to recommend.
		REPORTING BACK Europe's political cast of characters To acquaint listeners with that continent's new set of leaders, IAN PHILLIPS, a deputy editor at the AP's Europe and Africa Desk, gives a who's who rundown in an asap podcast.
		RETRO Cuban missile crisis Looking back at when Soviets retrieved their U.S.-pointed weapons from Cuba, asap's RAY KUGLER digs up footage from the end of an historic standoff.
		ELECTION 2008 Late primary states struggle to matter As states vie for earlier and earlier presidential primaries, do the ones left behind matter at all? PAUL CHAVEZ looks at perennially late-voting Montana.
		AFGHANISTAN An Afghan lawmaker's troubles Did Malalai Joya get kicked out of parliament for demanding progress, or standing in the way? LINDSAY HOLMWOOD talks to her for an asap podcast.
		asap Retro: American Nobel winner in 1930 As the Nobel folks prepare to hand out this year's literature prize, RAY KUGLER digs up some newsreel footage of the first American to win the award.
		LEGACY The end of Che Guevara Forty years after Che Guevara's death, JAIME HOLGUIN examines his final days.
		Reporting Back Living and reporting in Gaza In an asap podcast, SARAH EL DEEB and DIAA HADID talk to NICOLAS B. TATRO about their experiences as reporters -- and women -- covering Gaza.
		REPORTING BACK Is something up Putin's sleeve? Is Russia's president looking for a loophole to stay in power after the end of his final term? AP Moscow News Editor LYNN BERRY offers some insight.
		asap RETRO Sputnik launches; the space race is on It was 50 years ago today: RAY KUGLER tracks down newsreel footage from the launch of the world's first artificial satellite on Oct. 4, 1957.
		BORDERS Hopping a train to Korea's DMZ From Seoul, South Korea, JENNI SOHN took a train as far north as it would go. See what she saw in an asap photo gallery.
		WAY-BACK MACHINE Day one for Thurgood Marshall A milestone on the path to equality, or a reminder of what was left to accomplish? MEGAN SCOTT considers Marshall's arrival at the Supreme Court 40 years ago.
		REPORTING BACK Myanmar's mysterious regime In an asap podcast, AP Thailand bureau chief DENIS D. GRAY offers NICOLAS B. TATRO some insight into the junta that's cracking down on pro-democracy protests.