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This file photo shows Tennessee women's basketball head coach Pat Summitt talking with reporters during the Southeastern Conference basketball media day, in Hoover, Ala.

Legendary Women's Basketball Coach Pat Summitt Diagnosed With Alzheimer's

College basketball's winningest coach said she would continue to serve as coach at University of Tennessee.

Bitcoin is a lot like cash — for the online universe. It doesn't actually exist in the physical world. You can't hold bitcoins in your hand because they just live on computers and the Internet. Bitcoin is a virtual currency independent of any government. It's backed by the people who use it.

Mitsuo Iwabuchi stands in one of his ruined fish processing plants. The regional government won't allow reconstruction to begin without a plan to cope with flooding. The quake actually lowered Kesennuma closer to the sea, and the fishing port floods when the tide comes in.

After Quake, Japanese Fishing Port Remains At Risk

Five months after a tsunami decimated Japan's northeast coast, one of the region's largest fishing ports is trying to get back to work. But the earthquake changed the landscape, complicating plans to rebuild.

Swiss Banking Giant UBS To Cut Thousands Of Jobs

While Swiss bank UBS announced it is cutting thousands of jobs around the world, it said it would keep a minimum of 2,000 employees at its U.S. headquarters in Connecticut. That leaves 1,500 Connecticut workers uncertain about their future with the bank.

NYPD Deputy Commissioner for Intelligence David Cohen (far left) stands with other city officials to announce a foiled terrorist plot against a New York synagogue on May 12.

NYPD Intelligence Unit Seen Pushing Rights Limits

Since Sept. 11, 2001, the New York Police Department has become one of America's most aggressive gatherers of domestic intelligence. Directed by a retired CIA veteran, the NYPD intelligence unit dispatches undercover officers to keep tabs on ethnic neighborhoods, sometimes far outside its jurisdiction.

Users Drop BlackBerries For Competitors' Apps

Research In Motion has seen its once-dominant share of the smartphone market eaten away by the iPhone and Android. Bloomberg technology reporter Rich Jaroslovsky tells Renee Montagne that consumers are turning away from BlackBerries, in part, because competitors offer many more apps.

Here she comes. A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite photo of Hurricane Irene, taken Tuesday (Aug. 23, 2011). Cuba and Florida are to the left.

Irene Now A 'Major Hurricane'; Mid-Atlantic Bracing

Winds are exceeding 120 mph. Landfall is likely along the North Carolina coast early Saturday.

In Philadelphia, worried folks were pointing to broken windows after Tuesday's earthquake.

Terror Fears Made East Coast Earthquake Especially Unsettling

There was supposedly some snickering from jaded folks on the West Coast of the U.S. as they watched many on the East Coast express alarm over Tuesday's earthquake. But the temblor made many in the East think of Sept. 11, 2001.

Judge Robyn WIlliams at a GOP campaign event with her husband, Senate President and gubernatorial candidate David Williams.

Wives Emerge as Force in Governor's Race

The spouses of the leading candidates in Kentucky’s gubernatorial race are especially visible this election season. Instead of standing in the background…

CBO: Economy Remains In 'Severe Slump'

The nonpartisan government agency adds that recent market turmoil has the potential to prolong the slump.

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