The Arkansas primary on Tuesday is a test for the centrist stance of incumbent Sen. Blanche Lincoln, a Democrat. Runoffs may be needed in both the Democratic and Republican contests.
The Iran nuclear fuel swap was brokered by Turkey and Brazil. Even if it falls through, it indicates that countries like the US can no longer expect quiet compliance from rising powers.
AP - With BP finally gaining some control over the amount of oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, scientists are increasingly worried that huge plumes of crude already spilled could get caught in a current that would carry the mess all the way to the Florida Keys and beyond, damaging coral reefs and killing wildlife.
AP - Iraqi security forces have detained an al-Qaida militant suspected of planning an attack targeting the World Cup in South Africa next month, an official said Monday.
AP - The Supreme Court took two cracks at one of the law's thorniest questions Monday: When can you lock up a prisoner and throw away the key? Not when it's a teenager who hasn't killed anyone, the justices said. But when it's a "sexually dangerous" inmate, maybe so, even if he has completed his federal prison sentence.
The stand off in Thailand continues as pro and anti-government forces clash in the Thai capital, Bangkok. The Red Shirt military strategist Major General Khattiya Sawadispol has died, having been shot last week. The anti-government protesters are hunkered down ignoring a government deadline to disperse from their camp in downtown Bangkok.
The head of offshore drilling at an Interior Department agency criticized after the Gulf Coast oil spill is retiring earlier than planned, an administration official said.
Times Square plot suspect Faisal Shahzad was frustrated with the state of the Muslim world and wanted to "fight back," according to e-mails obtained by CNN.
Laura Silsby, the American missionary accused of trying to take nearly three dozen children out of Haiti after the devastating January 12 earthquake, has been freed from jail by a Haitian court, her defense attorney said Monday.