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Experts say consumers expect breaking news from broadcast organizations and that works in their favor on the Web.

The Corps is also thinking of opening a second one, the Morganza north of Baton Rouge, which hasn't been opened since 1973.

Dick Van Dyke's new book touches on his long history in show business and some of the figures who inspired him. As it turns out, at least two entertainment legends left him something significant when they died.

The government of Japan says it will take three years to clean up the debris left behind by the giant tsunami that washed over that country's northeast coast in March. An estimated 130,000 people either had their homes destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami, or were evacuated because of the radiation leaks at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Officials are struggling to build them temporary housing, in areas where there is little vacant land.

Best Buy wants to satisfy all your consumer electronic needs. So while you're picking up a new laptop, smartphone, or some extra cables, you may soon be able to check out an electric car as well. Automotive News reports that Best Buy is considering selling electric vehicles. The chain already sells electric motorcycles.

The Internet phone service Skype will soon be part of Microsoft. The two companies' boards announced an agreement Tuesday in which Microsoft will buy Skype for $8.5 billion. This would be Microsoft's biggest acquisition ever.

Demand for used cars is up and so are the prices, according to a study by Kelly Blue Book. When the economy was really bad, car companies didn't produce as much. So now there are fewer 2008 and 2009 used cars.

As the Mississippi reached its high point in Memphis, Tenn., and attention turns to a time-consuming clean up, farmers downriver built homemade levees to protect their crops and engineers diverted water into a lake to ease the pressure on New Orleans levees.

The Syrian government has been rounding up protesters across the country, and the crackdown has been particularly harsh in Homs — the country's third-largest city. Soldiers have occupied the city and are searching house-to-house for those opposed to the regime of President Bashar Assad.

In Bridgeport, Conn., a man was arrested for dialing 9-1-1 dozens of times. He called three times on Sunday, and told emergency responders he was out of beer. He offered them money to go buy some.