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The Obama administration wants 10 percent — or $450 billion — in defense cuts over the next decade. It's the first time since 2001 that the Defense Department has had to fight for funding. That has meant lobbying Congress and even going to the public for support.

President Obama had a rare bipartisan economic success when Congress passed three trade deals this week. But some important parts of Obama's political base are not fans, which could have political consequences for the president.

Ian Szalinski is trying to jump from a one-man mixing and packaging operation to a specialty foods company that could sell its cereal to major supermarket chains. The product and its packaging are key for bigger buyers, and with already small margins, he's feeling the pinch in the transition.

Scientists have unearthed a tool kit for making paint in a South African cave. At 100,000 years old, it looks to be the oldest evidence of paint-making to date, and indicates higher-order thinking. "I think we're going to find that these early people were smarter than we think," an anthropologist says.

The North Carolina city is perhaps best known as the home of Bank of America. But Mayor Anthony Foxx, banks aren't the city's only job engines. Other big sectors include energy, health care and transportation. Energy workers now compete with bankers for a sunny spot to lunch downtown.

Votes are due for parliament in December and president next March. Voters feel confident they already know who will win, though, and are not energized by the campaign. The challenge for Kremlin-approved and opposition parties is to get people to vote when they don't feel that anything will change.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney took on U.S. trade policy during a speech at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Wash., Thursday. Romney told Microsoft employees he'd push for free trade "everywhere in the world."

Heat and drought in Texas and the Southeast did a number on this year's peanut crop. Because of that, peanut butter prices are expected to rise by about 30 percent next month.

Google made $2.7 billion, or $8.33 per share, in the three months ending in September. If not for expenses covering employee stock compensation, Google would have earned $9.72 per share.

By Steve Pikehttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wkno/local-wkno-690067.mp3Memphis, TN – Alpha Kappa Alpha, founded in 1908 at Howard…