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St. Louis forced a Game 7 in the World Series. After Thursday's big rally, stock markets are dipping as investors take profits. And the flooding in Thailand continues.

The death toll is rising in Turkey and many are feared trapped. In the U.S., President Obama plans a series of executive actions in bid to boost job growth, The New York Times reports.

Attendees at Davos are steeling themselves for major disruption — not only to the local traffic thanks to heightened security, but possibly to the existing world order.

The winners of the Newbery and Caldecott children's book awards will be announced Monday. Host Debbie Elliott and children's literature expert Eden Ross Lipson discuss the world of children's publishing.

The Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line and cowboy love story Brokeback Mountain won top awards at the Golden Globe Awards in Hollywood Monday night. The television drama and comedy awards went, respectively, to Lost and Desperate Housewives.

Two big surprises awaited Paul Bremer when he arrived in Iraq: that the country's chaos made it ripe for insurgency; and that the U.S. government would withhold additional troops. Bremer became the head of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq in May of 2003.

The story of the new Bay Bridge really begins in 1989, with the Loma Prieta earthquake. A lot of things collapsed -- including a section of the bridge’s…

Despite penguins, lions and gorillas battling for Hollywood supremacy, 2005 will go down as a box office disappointment. But NPR critic Bob Mondello says the year's films were high on quality.

The national average is $3.41.

The teams the experts most expected to advance survive three rounds of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. It's rare for four No. 1 seeds to be alive so deep into the tournament. But Florida, Kansas, Ohio State and North Carolina play on.

All Things Considered music reviewer Will Hermes shares his picks for the 10 best CDs of 2005, from the "wonderfully strange" world of Animal Collective to the "gorgeous hymn rock" of Sigur Ros.

Jacob remains the most popular name for boys born in the U.S., as it has been since 1999. Meanwhile, there's good news for fans of the King: Elvis is back in the top 1,000.