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  • But Thursday's power loss, which affected millions of customers in two states and Mexico, still happened — and it's not the first time a similar major blackout has occurred.
  • The Republican governor is known for her tough stance on illegal immigration. Some call the revelation ironic.
  • Ten years ago, the most famous rebel leader in Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Massoud, was killed by al-Qaida as the opening salvo for the Sept. 11 attacks. Revered by followers, Massoud had led the fight against the Taliban.
  • Australian Owen Wright won the first ASP World Tour surfing competition held in New York. Wright beat out Kelly Slater, a ten-time world champion surfer, for the $300,000 prize.
  • The three main indices closed nearly 3 percent on worries of a Greek default.
  • The September eleventh terrorist attacks have had an enduring impact on Kentucky’s congressional delegation. In a roundabout way it spurred one member to…
  • While President Obama's speech Thursday night focused on jobs, the president also touched on homeownership. The president talked about helping people refinance mortgages, in turn putting more money in families' pockets. Robert Siegel speaks with Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan about what the president has in mind.
  • As President Obama proposes more infrastructure spending to create jobs, the earlier stimulus offers lessons of what worked, and what didn't, for temporary construction jobs. In some cases, the 2009 stimulus didn't create new jobs, an expert says.
  • Researchers found that government agents gave immigrant detainees misleading and at times false information about their cases to compel them to waive their right to appear before a judge.
  • Countless military personnel return from war each year with invisible wounds like post-traumatic stress disorder. A program in Colorado Springs is helping those individuals reintegrate into civilian life.
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