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It's been more than two months since Hurricane Ike smashed the upper coast of Texas. Galveston was ground zero. The city has asked Congress for more than $2 billion in assistance. But that was before a new cyclone of bad economic news blew in last week.

The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a major opinion on Tuesday that limits the force of many U.S. treaties and rejects President Bush's assertion that he can unilaterally order state governments to comply with treaties.

Nearly 30 years after North Korean prisoners came to Russia's Far East to build a massive railway, many still remain in the desolate region. Though they aren't prisoners, many North Korean laborers who log the region's forests remain isolated from the local population.

For some American scientists, the official start-up of the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland is a bittersweet moment. A super collider in Texas would have been more powerful than the European one, but Congress killed the project in 1993.

While many musicians love the Crescent City, few choose to stay after they become successful. The New Orleans-raised Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews comes from a long line of brass-band greats, but is quickly coming into his own with a jazz-funk group — and plans to stay.

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is famous for his army of small donors, but big donors are still vital to his campaign efforts. At an event in Washington, Obama will welcome a bevy of bundlers — people who round up contributions for campaigns — once loyal to his former rival, Hillary Clinton.

The Library of Congress adds 25 new recordings to a national registry every year to be preserved for posterity. The 2022 list includes an album by Alicia Keys and historical broadcasts from WNYC.

Apple watchers are abuzz about software improvements for the iPhone and whether Apple Inc. will announce a new phone or group of phones on Monday. CEO Steve Jobs will take the stage in San Francisco for the company's annual worldwide developers' conference.

Voters in Kentucky go to the polls today, while a mail-in vote wraps up in Oregon. Democratic candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are expected to split the primaries, with Obama favored in Oregon and Clinton expected to prevail in Kentucky. After today, only three Democratic contests remain.

The decision to resume importing American beef into South Korea has led to huge protests in Seoul over concerns about food safety. The European Union, Japan and other nations have also raised objections to U.S. agricultural products.