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For U.S. troops in eastern Afghanistan, the mountain view from Observation Post Mustang comes with a cost. The area is used by insurgent fighters as an infiltration and smuggling route from Pakistan. The post provides a position to keep watch on other U.S. bases in the valley below.

Seventeen years ago, BooBoo was a hard-core gang member in Los Angeles. Now, Cindy Martinez is a mother of five who teaches her kids not to make her mistakes.

A troop convoy from Libya has crossed into the neighboring country of Niger, according to news reports. It's not clear if any family members of Libya's leader Moammar Gadhafi are part of the convoy.

David Greene has been revisiting some of the stories he reported on during a trip he took across America back in 2009. The reporting trip was to mark President Obama's first 100 days in office. In his second report in the series "100 Days Revisited," Greene talks to Dorothy Jerse and Carolyn Toops, two of the ladies he spoke to in 2009.

A large convoy of Libyan soldiers accompanied by Tuareg tribal fighters left the central Niger town of Agadez on Tuesday and drove toward the capital but it wasn't clear if Gadhafi family members were in the heavily armed group, the owner of a private newspaper said.

In the rain-starved state, there are at least 57 big fires burning. Right now, there just aren't enough firefighters and aircraft to battle them all.

In college football Monday night, the Maryland Terrapins beat Miami. But Terps' fans were left wondering: What was our team wearing? Maryland debuted new uniforms, and the Twitter reviews were decidedly negative.

The town of Bani Walid is the latest location of a front line in the war to capture the final strongholds of ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi. Over the weekend, efforts to negotiate the town's surrender broke down. The talks have resumed, even as rebels threaten to attack.

Washington Post national security reporter Dana Priest's book Top Secret America looks at the top-secret intelligence and counterterrorism network created after Sept. 11. "No one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, [or] how many programs exist within it," she says.

According to the Institute for Supply Management there was slow growth for the 21st straight month.