The Pakistan Taliban may have sought to scare the military from launching an offensive against their base in South Waziristan. But the attacks, which killed 112 people in the past week, could harden the Army's resolve.
Men earn 30 percent more than women in Brazil, according to a new report from the Inter-American Development Bank. That gap is almost zero in Guatemala and Bolivia.
AP - The only Republican who supported advancing the Senate Finance Committee's version of health care reform says she believes that's constituents expected from her.
AP - Small neighborhood banks and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are overshadowing the nation's biggest banks in influencing lawmakers as Congress begins the initial phase of its long-awaited overhaul of how the government regulates financial companies.
AP - The top military commander in Afghanistan is asking for up to 80,000 more American troops even as he warns that rampant government corruption there may prevent victory against the Taliban and al-Qaida, according to U.S. officials briefed on his conclusions.
Jennifer Schuett's search for the man who snatched her from her bed when she was 8, sexually assaulted her and left her for dead on top of an ant hill ended Tuesday with the arrest of a suspect. Now begins another chapter in Schuett's 19-year quest for justice. "This is a huge day for me," she later told CNN over the phone. "And I want to see this through the end. The rest will come out during the trial."
An impassioned U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speaking to students at Moscow State University on Wednesday, admonished those in the U.S. and Russian governments who haven't moved beyond a Cold War mentality.
Once the Senate Finance Committee votes Tuesday on its health care overhaul plan, the focus will shift to the closed doors of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's ornate Capitol suite.