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Bond insurers are feeling the pain of the subprime mortgage mess. Four bond insurers' troubles are now impacting the global financial markets. David Wessel, economics editor at The Wall Street Journal, discusses the impact with Renee Montagne.

Republicans said they would attempt to change the bill on the Senate floor after reaching an impasse with Democrats on efforts to compromise in private talks. The move ended GOP tactics that had stalled the bill.

The Jack Abramoff story has it all: African tyrants, Pacific sweatshops, Indian casinos, Miami mob hits, jailed politicians, big wads of cash, and Dolph Lundgren gunning down bad guys. Now, Oscar winner Alex Gibney has turned it into a documentary, called Casino Jack and the United States of Money.

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

A trip to central Asia to report on how the international wildlife trade is driving species such as the snow leopard to extinction includes obstacles that nearly drive the reporter to distraction.

The U.S. backs away from confident statements that North Korea is making progress toward enriching uranium. That assertion by the Bush administration in 2002 helped to derail negotiations to end its nuclear weapons program.

War veterans in Massachusetts have turned to yoga to cope with symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder. The veterans have served in half a century of conflicts – from World War II to Iraq. Recent news from the Iraq war has reawakened traumatic memories for many of the veterans.

Efforts to restore the National Museum in Kabul are not unlike the struggle to rebuild Afghanistan itself. Two and a half years after reopening, the three-story building at the edge of Kabul has more scaffolding than exhibits.

Lupita Tovar was just a teenager when a Hollywood scout discovered her in Mexico City. Nearly seven decades and one postage stamp later, the star of the Spanish-language version of Dracula has no regrets.

In today's Unger Report, humorist Brian Unger concludes that the entertainment business, long derided for poisoning society, can no longer compete with reality's prescription-strength toxins. Is Washington, D.C. beating Hollywood at its own game?