Abigail Pesta

In the boys' club of late-night shows — where male writers outnumber women by as many as 19 to 1 — Laurie Kilmartin scores as Conan's sole female writer.

By Abigail Pesta

On a trip to Greece for Michelle Kramer's birthday, her husband, a succesful doctor who lavished her with gifts, vanished. Her search for him turned up shredded documents, survivalist gear, and $6 million in debt.

By Abigail Pesta

Women across the country are rallying around Lara Logan, the CBS News correspondent who was brutally beaten and sexually assaulted while on assignment in Cairo last week.

By Abigail Pesta

We all know what it's like to slog through a recession. Meet five women who took action, pulling up stakes and moving to countries with rapidly developing economies.

By Abigail Pesta

Faleh Hassan Almaleki was found guilty of second-degree murder for the honor killing of his daughter, 20 year-old Noor.

By Abigail Pesta

Robert Baer and Dayna Williamson hid their real identities and spent their lives trying to be invisible. Then they got married.

By Abigail Pesta

In college, she stripped. In graduate school, she sold sex on Craigslist. Then Melissa Petro became a popular grade-school teacher, known for inspiring her students. Her secret past could have stayed that way — until she blogged about it. Read Part I of this interview here.

By Abigail Pesta

In college, she stripped. In graduate school, she sold sex on Craigslist. Then Melissa Petro became a popular grade-school teacher, known for inspiring her students. Her secret past could have stayed that way — until she blogged about it.

By Abigail Pesta

For wives of white-collar convicts, help is now at hand.

By Abigail Pesta

A trendy new treat at baby showers is sparking an interesting debate.

By Abigail Pesta

A controversial new book says every woman in America should own a gun.

By Abigail Pesta

In a quiet suburban parking lot outside of Phoenix, a father floors the gas on his Jeep Grand Cherokee and heads straight for his 20-year-old daughter. His goal: to protect his family's "honor." Yes, honor crimes have washed up on our shores.

By Abigail Pesta

If you happen to live in New York City, skip The Bachelorette tonight and go see something real: a documentary about young girls who are being sold into sexual slavery in Southeast Asia. We're talking girls as young as five years old.

By Abigail Pesta

Love or hate them, an army of shopaholic video bloggers is becoming a major force in the fashion world.

By Abigail Pesta

Once a prisoner in Iraq, Shoshana Johnson soldiers on.

By Abigail Pesta

Amid the recent rash of cheating-man scandals (Tiger Woods, John Edwards, Eliot Spitzer, David Letterman), the wife of philandering Republican Governor Mark Sanford has emerged as a hero to wronged women.

By Abigail Pesta

Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow describes the heroic bomb squad at the heart of her film The Hurt Locker.

By Abigail Pesta

It's not every Harvard Business School grad who puts her degree to use making sanitary pads out of banana trees.

By Abigail Pesta

Pamela Anderson talks about her new clothing line, her boobs, and how she managed to make her career thrive for over 20 years.

By Abigail Pesta

Rehab, like everything else, it's getting outsourced to India ... on the cheap.

By Abigail Pesta

When I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, the doctors told me I could end up paralyzed. Here's how I coped.Read about more reversals of fortune:I Tackled a Powerful Family LegacyI Was a Homeless, Drug-Addicted Army Veteran

By Abigail Pesta

One woman's battle with obsessive behavior.

By Abigail Pesta

Many women never feel a desire to have kids, ever.

By Abigail Pesta

Not only does she rule the sofa as host of the Saturday Today show, she's also a national correspondent for the NBC Nightly News, fills in on occasion for anchor Brian Williams, and is routinely described as the next Katie Couric.

By Abigail Pesta