AP - It's something any bank would demand to know before handing out a loan: Where's the money going? But after receiving billions in aid from U.S. taxpayers, the nation's largest banks say they can't track exactly how they're spending the money or they simply refuse to discuss it.

AP - Weekend storms in the nation's northern half knocked out power to thousands of customers Sunday and created nightmarish conditions for holiday travelers coast to coast on the first official day of winter.

AP - Federal investigators planned to begin examining early Monday the burned carcass of a Continental Airlines plane that veered off a runway in Denver and caught fire, injuring 38 people.