The Republican debate Wednesday is supposed to focus on the economy. It’s likely, though, that Herman Cain's sexual assault allegations will dog him throughout the debate.

'J. Edgar,' starring Leonardo DiCaprio, draws a portrait of the FBI founder as riven and repressed, but misses his real substance.

French President Nicholas Sarkozy called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a 'liar' that he 'can't stand' and President Obama didn't rush to Netanyahu's defense. This is neither surprising nor meaningful.

AP - Joe Paterno, the Penn State football coach who preached success with honor for half a century but whose legend was shattered by a child sex abuse scandal, said Wednesday he will retire at the end of this season.

AP - Italy's president has unexpectedly named economist Mario Monti a senator-for-life.

AP - The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 280 points Wednesday after Italy's borrowing costs soared, a sign that Europe's debt crisis has spilled into the third-largest economy in the euro bloc.