Readers write in about the advantages of women's style of leadership vs. a history of masculine bravado in the workplace and post-communist Russia's resurgence of faith.

Republican "Super PAC" American Crossroads is aiming to spend $120 million in the coming electoral cycle, a level it says it needs to compete with big dollars raised by incumbent President Barack Obama. However, Chairman Mike Duncan and President Steven Law won't be weighing in for any particular candidate during the GOP presidential primary.

Police arrested Zimbabwe's Minister of Industry and Commerce Welshman Ncube and at least 20 other senior members of the smallest of the three parties within the ruling coalition Sunday. They were released hours later.

AP - Grasping for a deal on the nation's debt, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders remained divided Sunday over the size and the components of a plan to reduce long term deficits. Noting the need to work out an agreement over the next 10 days, the president and lawmakers agreed to meet again Monday.

AP - Rescue workers used blowtorches to cut through the mangled wreckage of a derailed passenger train in northern India on Monday, as the recovery of more bodies brought the death toll to 67.

AP - Rescuers scoured the wide waters of a Volga River reservoir on Monday, searching with dimming hopes for survivors after an aged, overloaded cruise ship sank amid wind and rain. Nine people were confirmed dead, but more than 90 remained missing.