The Silhouettes shadow dance troupe with roots in Cedar Rapids didn't make it to the Top Five and 'Champion of the World' title on Monday's finale of 'America's Got Talent: Champions' Season 2.

The cedar tree is a source of national pride in Lebanon. Its distinctive silhouette of splayed branches graces the national flag. The forests here have furthered empires, providing Phoenicians ...

Khaled Taleb steps out of his vehicle high on a mountainside in northern Lebanon, and surveys the charred remains of the cedar forest he fought to save. A black carpet of the trees' burned needles ...