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NATO warplanes struck Tripoli early Tuesday in the heaviest bombing of the Libyan capital in weeks, hours after an uptick in fighting between rebels and Moammar Gadhafi's forces on a long-deadlocked front line in the country's east.

The sign has turned what started as a neighborhood dispute about size and proximity of a new mosque into a discussion of Islamophobia and free speech.

Ali Tarhouni fled Libya 40 years ago and wound up teaching microeconomics at the University of Washington. Now, he's back in Libya — working as the rebels' finance minister

Manny Pacquiao may be one of the greatest athletes out there right now. But, as commentator Frank Deford points out, not many people are paying attention.

The Communist Party has ruled this Indian state for more than three decades, but in the upcoming election, a challenger is threatening to unseat it. Commentator Sandip Roy, who lives in West Bengal, says the contest is bringing new excitement to the people.

In addition to its investigation of WikiLeaks, the Justice Department has brought criminal charges against four former government employees for violating their pledge of secrecy. Yet members of Congress still want the Obama administration to take more action against leaks.

Rachel DeWoskin's novel follows a gutsy 16-year-old girl navigating her way at a new performing arts high school. The book is a distinctive addition to the already packed library of coming-of-age stories.

Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, gave us one of American politics's killer lines: "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion but not his own facts." It's in that spirit that Bloomberg News reports that some of Speaker Boehner's big economic policy speech falls into "his own facts" category.

There's a treasure trove of great recordings newly available to the public for free via the Library of Congress, from classical to novelty acts. We look at what's there --and what's missing.

House Republicans are accusing Democrats of playing rank politics with Medicare which, Republicans freely admit, they have done, too, especially in the run-up to last year's mid-term election. But that was then, is their message now.