The Miami Herald / ROY GUTMAN BAGHDAD -- Iraq's political crisis deepened Sunday as Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki ordered the country's vice president off a plane and had him held temporarily at Baghdad airport, on suspicion that members of his s… more »

Bloomberg By Julianna Goldman A majority of Americans don’t believe President Barack Obama’s $447 billion jobs plan will help lower the unemployment rate, skepticism he must overcome as he presses Congress for action and positions himself for re- el… more »

        UK Daily Mail By Daniel Bates Prominent Washington aide John Wheeler was assassinated by a hitman in a targeted killing, his widow has claimed. Katherine Klyce said the way her late husband’s body was dumped at a landfill site could… more »

MSNBC.com It isn't easy being a bird. First, New Year's Eve fireworks were blamed in central Arkansas for making thousands of blackbirds confused, crashing into homes, cars and each other. Then 300 miles to the south in Louisiana, power lines likely k… more »

Bloomberg News Photo A customer used an ATM beside a wall daubed with graffiti from a recent strike in Lisbon, Portugal. The Wall Street Journal By AINSLEY THOMSON, QUENTIN FOTTRELL And DAVID ROMAN BERLIN—The euro zone's sovereign debt crisis esc… more »