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Enticing teens to read of their own free will during the one time of year they're not locked up in school is a daunting task. Here are a few books that can steal even the most reluctant readers away from Guitar Hero — if only for a few hours.

Iowa Republicans' quadrennial straw poll in Ames is Saturday, allowing anyone with $25 to express a preference for president — five months ahead of the first-in-the-nation caucuses. Several front-runners have decided not to contest the straw poll. So Mitt Romney, who leads in the state, needs to win big.

Every year, the State Fair of Texas holds a contest in which new food will be offered when the fair opens. Among this year's entries hoping to tantalize Texan taste buds is a fried chili Frito burrito.

Gen. David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker, U.S. are set to deliver a much-anticipated report Monday assessing the progress of the troop buildup in Iraq. Here, a look at their past comments on the situation in Iraq and the goal of U.S. military policy there.

With the fate of this year's Heisman Trophy up in the air, Wall Street Journal sportswriter Stefan Fatsis says the big question is whether Tim Tebow of Florida will be the first sophomore to win the award. As for college football's national championship game, Fatsis says it's an "athletic and public relations fraud."

A new documentary series Carrier, which premiers Sunday on PBS, looks at the people on board who keep an aircraft carrier running, like the cooks, the navigators and those in charge of arming and de-arming the jets. The show's producer and a the ship's master chief talk about the series.

Samsung Electronics is known in this country for flat screen TVs. In South Korea, Samsung is the biggest conglomerate, and a large chunk of the economy. That didn't stop a South Korean prosecutor from indicting Samsung's chairman for tax evasion Thursday.

Host Renee Montagne reports on the results of the annual "Mothers' Index," which compares the well-being of mothers and children in 146 countries. The index is released by the U.S. charity Save the Children.

The Democratic-led Congress is investigating whether the Bush administration's Justice Department fired eight U.S. attorneys recently for political reasons. Here, a look at the fired U.S. attorneys and the reasons given for their dismissal:

A U.S. raid on an Iranian government office in the Iraqi city of Irbil is a violation of the region's sovereignty and of international immunity laws, says the Kurdish regional government. Kurdish officials urged the U.S. military to release Iranian staff arrested in the raid.