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The Treasury Department is considering options as it continues to grapple with the financial meltdown. In addition to buying up toxic mortgage assets, it may buy equity stakes in major commercial banks.

Congress is struggling over what to do about the epidemic of home foreclosures. Senators told some of the nation's biggest bankers Thursday that they should do their part to help homeowners. If they don't, Congress might turn to bankruptcy judges to rewrite the terms of mortgages — as they already do for car loans and even vacation homes.

Members of the Berlin Airlift, the military operation that brought food, supplies and goods to West Berlin during the blockade by Moscow in 1948, were honored at the 60th anniversary ceremony in Germany.

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court may seek an arrest warrant for Sudan's President Omar Bashir on charges of genocide in the country's Darfur region. It would be the first time a sitting head of state has been charged by the court.

Listeners respond to the interview with New Yorker editor David Remnick who defended his magazine's controversial cover of Sen. Barack Obama. They also sounded off on the story about the lengths to which pet owners will go to keep their animals in good health.

Demonstrators used high-powered lights to project the Ukrainian flag onto the walls of the Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C. The Russians tried to outshine the flags with a spotlight, but failed.

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announces the formation of a new alliance of Shiite and Kurdish parties in an effort to break Baghdad's political impasse. But no Sunni leaders are involved, and key Shiite groups are also not participating.

The Bush administration has imposed new rules for the State Children's Health Insurance Program that state officials say may result in loss of coverage for thousands of kids. Congress has been working to renew the program, which is set to expire at the end of next month.

Lawyers for Nawaz Sharif are challenging the former prime minister's deportation, taking the matter to Pakistan's highest court. Sharif's lawyers are asking the Supreme Court to hold the government in contempt for deporting Sharif to Saudi Arabia. Last month, the court ruled that Sharif had an "inalienable right" to return home and that authorities should not obstruct him.

Jack Goldsmith, a former official of the Bush Justice Department, testified Tuesday that he disagreed with the administration's legal justifications for torture and domestic surveillance.