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U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's trip to Europe last week reflected American concerns over Europe's economic woes. The Americans would like to see a swift European response, but that's a tall task when so many nations must agree on a plan.

As a Tea Party freshman, Rep. Billy Long is one of the most conservative House members. But he represents Joplin, Mo., a city devastated by a powerful tornado — and helped by millions of dollars of federal relief spending.

More than three months after being seriously injured in a rocket attack and then going to Saudi Arabia for treatment, President Ali Abdullah Saleh made a surprise return to Yemen today.

Officials there are responding to comments from the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff — who said "extremist organizations serving as proxies of the government of Pakistan are attacking Afghan troops and civilians as well as U.S. soldiers."

A 2006 internal review found lawyers were illegally signing foreclosure documents, but the agency failed to do anything about it, the report says.

Rebuffing the United States and Israel, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas submitted an application, asking the United Nations to recognize Palestine as a member state.

Some candidates run for the White House over and over again, usually with little effect on the race itself. What do they get out of it? Why do they bother? "My ultimate goal is actually ... to win," says fourth-time hopeful Joe Schriner. "Seriously."

The president said states can now apply for waivers allowing them to scrap the requirement that all children must show they are proficient in reading and math by 2014. But states must first meet conditions designed to better prepare and test students.

You may not remember the Jim Walter Resources coal mine disaster because it happened in the shadows of Sept. 11. More than a dozen miners were killed in multiple methane gas explosions.

In Libya, refugees are streaming out of Sirte, the last major town still in the hands of forces loyal to ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi. Cut off from the rest of the country, without electricity, many knew nothing of recent rebel advances, including the fall of the capital, Tripoli.