$180 million worth of cocaine in a semi-submersible vessel was seized off Honduras two weeks ago, the Coast Guard said. It was the first such craft, until now used along the Pacific coast, to be spotted in the Caribbean.

Stocks rallied early on Monday in light of the debt deal reached in Washington. But later, stocks reacted to a disappointing manufacturing report, which pulled the Dow down about 145 points to close 11 points down.

Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone reprise the iconic roles of Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson that Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst first played in 2002.

AP - Emergency legislation to avoid an economy-rattling government default and slice federal spending by $2 trillion or more sped toward a showdown vote in the House on Monday and possibly the Senate as well, just a day before the deadline for action.

AP - A military fighting three wars is staring down budget cuts of up to $850 billion over a decade, some of the deepest reductions since the end of the Cold War. Yet under the compromise struck by President Barack Obama and congressional leaders to avert the nation's first-ever financial default, the near-term impact on the troops, aircraft, ships and weapons may be far less onerous than Republicans and Democrats fear.

AP - In a dramatic policy shift, Israel's prime minister has agreed to negotiate the borders of a Palestinian state based on the cease-fire line that marks off the West Bank, a TV station reported Monday.