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Across Haiti's capital, hundreds of thousands of earthquake victims are living in camps. For the residents of one makeshift settlement, the greatest threat is traffic. More than 1,000 people are living on an 8-foot-wide stretch of highway median south of Port-au-Prince.

Asian ship mogul Nobu Su has invented a ship that would suck in oily water and separate oil from the water, much like a whale sucks in plankton. The giant oil skimmer, called "A Whale," is almost 400 yards long. Though the Coast Guard has its concerns, the agency let the ship into the Gulf for a trial run early Friday morning.

Some religious conservatives say they can't get tenure, can't keep their jobs and are booted out of graduate school programs because of their views. But others say a spate of lawsuits is probably a smoke screen for academics who shouldn't get tenure for other reasons.

The 1940's saw unprecedented cooperation between big government, big business and big labor. But Michael Barone of The National Review argues that those days should be behind us. While relying on the "Big Units" might have worked for Franklin Roosevelt, it is not working for Barack Obama.

Pakistan continues to block a key route for getting supplies to U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan. Analysts say Pakistan is flexing its muscle after a U.S. helicopter attack killed two Pakistani soldiers near the Afghan border.

A shipment of bomb-grade uranium arrived at a secure facility in Russia on Monday, sent from a research reactor in Poland as part of a race to secure dangerous radioactive material around the world. Coordinating transfer of the uranium is a logistical challenge.

Some experts think the United States and North Korea's neighbors should be discussing what to do in the event of instability or even regime collapse in North Korea. But openly mentioning any such planning would antagonize Pyongyang, and therefore any multilateral discussions including China and the United States are out of the question.

The U.S. military is starting to pull its troops from some of Afghanistan's more remote areas and shift them to more populous towns and cities to better separate the Taliban from the Afghan population. But there are concerns that the insurgents could capitalize on the move.

Despite dissent from developing countries, the U.S. and Europe seem to be abandoning the idea of extending or revising the Kyoto climate treaty when it expires in 2012. Instead they will form a new treaty, but some doubt it will be ready in December, when diplomats meet in Copenhagen. The news leaves many countries in the developing world frustrated.

Some high-level policymakers say large financial firms pose too much danger to the financial system and to taxpayers. Others argue that they provide benefits that need to be preserved.