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The government is taking bold steps to rescue troubled Citigroup. The plan unveiled late Sunday night includes taking a $20 billion stake in the firm whose stock has been hurt by worries about its financial health. The cash infusion follows an earlier $25 billion that the government gave Citigroup.

Citigroup is announcing a new initiative to help more homeowners avoid foreclosure. Citi will lower mortgage payments for more than 100,000 people who haven't yet fallen behind on their payments. Other lenders have launched their own efforts, and the government is considering taking more dramatic action to stem foreclosures.

President Bush said Wednesday that increasing the size of the military is essential to fighting the war on terror. Retired Maj. Gen. Bill Nash tells Steve Inskeep that newly recruited troops wouldn't not be available for any near-term plans to bolster security in Iraq.

Medicare is giving hospitals financial incentives to provide better care. But so far about half of the hospitals that got incentive payments found them canceled out by other quality programs.

Launched shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Hubble telescope isn't showing its age. Astronomers and other fans hope this old charmer will be useful for many years to come.

In the '60s, the cheap music format was stocked in vending machines and embossed on cereal boxes. Now, magazines like Decibel and bands like Deerhoof are reviving the once-dead flexi disc.

Residents of Corcoran, Calif., an agricultural community with a high unemployment rate, question whether the state's high-speed rail line will move its economy forward or leave a trail of unpaid bills. A state legislator is leading the call for reassessing the plan.

Officials in the country face political pressure to ensure stability as President Xi Jinping prepares to try and award himself a third five-year term as ruling party leader.

At least 44 people across six states were killed by the weekend storms, which left a swath of destruction unmatched by any spring storm since the mid-1980s. The search for victims continued Monday amid stories of miraculous escapes. In North Carolina, one of the hardest-hit states, residents are helping each other with cleanup and recovery.

It can be expensive to learn to be an airplane mechanic, but once you become one, there are higher-paying opportunities in places like the military or the natural gas industry. For one airplane maintenance facility in Oklahoma City, that means hundreds of jobs go unfilled.