Cuba's state-run economy has been in crisis mode for years, but it's facing some especially sobering arithmetic now. With trade falling and debt stacking up, President Raul Castro has warned Cubans that the island's socialist system must change. And he's asking them for something they're not used to giving in public: criticism. Full Story »
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd is circulating legislation that would give the government sweeping new powers to prevent another economic collapse, including the ability to dismantle failing institutions and increased oversight of lenders to consumers. Full Story »
When Marine engineer Jonathan Kuniholm returned to his industrial-design shop after a tour of duty in Iraq, one of his first projects was personal: He wanted to improve on the design of the prosthetics he'd been using since he lost part of his right arm in an ambush near Haditha. Kuniholm and his colleagues founded the Open Prosthetics Project, an open-source collaboration that shares its innovations freely. Full Story »
Members of Congress are putting pressure on U.S. intelligence agencies to say what they knew about Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's alleged radical views and whether they shared that knowledge with local Army and law enforcement agencies in the weeks and months before the Fort Hood shootings. Full Story »
Maple City Health Care Center in Goshen, Ind., has a unique business plan that allows patients to pay for treatment with something other than money. The clinic's More Than Money program gives patients $10 off their medical bills for each hour they perform community service. Full Story »
A 21-year-old Michigan poker professional who chose cards over college won the World Series of Poker main event in Las Vegas early Tuesday, winning $8.55 million and becoming the youngest player to win the tournament in its 40-year history. Full Story »
Williams, who police say is 38, is charged in Georgia with burglary and criminal trespassing. He called the alleged burglary "a misunderstanding between me and two stupid detectives." Full Story »
The system weakens to a tropical depression after making landfall Tuesday in Alabama and is expected to follow the Florida Panhandle. Forecasters say Ida had already spread most of its heavy rain onshore along the Gulf Coast ahead of its center. Full Story »
The suspected car bombing just outside a crowded market was the third attack in as many days in or close to Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province. The blast wounded 55 people, 10 of them critically, a police official said. Full Story »
The two Koreas briefly exchange naval fire along their disputed western sea border in the first such clash in seven years. Each side blamed the other for violating the border, and South Korean officials said a North Korean ship suffered heavy damage before retreating. Full Story »
