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In Odessa, Texas, the Permian High School boys basketball team might have to forfeit its wins from this season after it was determined that its star 16-year-old player, Jerry Joseph, is in fact 22 years old. Guerdwich Montimere was arrested this week for posing as a teen. Robert Siegel talks Craig Craker of the Odessa American about the case.

Survivors huddled around the rubble of their homes and wandered the streets, fearing aftershocks, a day after one of the strongest earthquakes in history. Reports said some towns "disappeared from the map."

U.S. Marines are now trying to build relationships with local people after gaining ground in the southern Afghanistan area of Marjah. But after two years of Taliban control, the group's presence is still deeply felt — especially the threats sent in "night letters" to those who cooperate with foreigners.

Six years after being rescued, 21-year-old Elizabeth Smart for the first time publicly described the nine months in which she says she was held as a plural wife and sexually assaulted by Brian David Mitchell. The itinerant preacher has been declared mentally incompetent by a state court.

President Obama is expected to announce next week his plan to overhaul the nation's dysfunctional financial system. One financial expert predicts tweaking, rather than sweeping change, this year in the face of strong opposition from the financial sector.

Lilly Ledbetter just wanted what was fair — to earn the same pay as her male co-workers for the same work. She took on Goodyear, her employer in Alabama, and her case went to the Supreme Court. Her years-long battle ends in triumph Thursday with a fair pay act named in her honor.

Republicans want to see rates cut to about 4 percent for 30-year fixed-rate home loans for borrowers with decent credit. The move could help to prop up the housing market, and it could save millions of homeowners a lot of money if they refinanced.

The ferocity of the backlash against bonuses paid out to executives at AIG appeared to have the potential to erode President Obama's good standing with the American people. But it also presents him with an opportunity to tighten banking regulations.

Two Michigan families that ascribe to the Quiverfull movement didn't always want to have multiple children. Both now are part of the 10,000-strong movement, based on a Biblical verse, that urges families to have as many babies as possible, in part to spread Christ's message.

Purchasing a product from an online retailer can be a snap. But when it comes to airline travel, it isn't always a joy ride. Since 2007, there's been a steady decline in the percentage of travelers who actually like using the Internet to research and purchase any kind of travel.