Toledo's Fiscal Reckoning

To fill a $48 million deficit, Mayor Michael Bell has taken on the city's police and firefighters' unions and proposed other controversial measures. The alternative could be a state takeover of Toledo's finances.

Obama to Open Gulf to More Drilling

The Obama administration will propose allowing offshore oil and natural-gas exploration and development in a large swath of the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

Portrait Emerges of Militia Chief

The leader of a Michigan militia group charged with conspiring to kill law-enforcement officers was described as a private, family-oriented man who nurtured a mistrust of governmental authority.

Corker Won't Back Financial Bill

Republican Sen. Bob Corker said he "absolutely cannot support" a bill written by Senate Democrats to overhaul financial regulations unless changes are made, clouding the outlook for a bipartisan measure.

Hadron Collider Off to Smashing Start

The world's largest atom smasher set a record for high-energy collisions by crashing two proton beams at three times more force than ever before.

Logging Revives in Quake's Wake

Chile's sagging plywood exports in the aftermath of natural disaster create opportunities in far-off Oregon.

Business Bids to Shape Health Changes

The Chamber of Commerce is planning a broad attack to blunt the health overhaul by trying to shape its regulatory language and spending heavily to unseat Democrats.

Even NASA Involved in Toyota Crisis

The White House has asked the National Academy of Sciences to study the use of computer technology in cars, and tapped NASA to examine Toyota's problems.

One Man's Quest to Catalog Presidential Minutiae

Mark Knoller, a White House reporter for CBS Radio, has for two decades been the unofficial keeper of presidential information, tallying dinners, speeches and trips.

The Microwave Wants Some Respect

Americans are at last embracing the appliance that everybody loved to ignore: the microwave oven. But how to improve a product whose entire purpose is to be simple?

Literature Scholar Immersed in Art

Charles Ryskamp, who served three decades as director first of New York's Pierpont Morgan Library and then of the Frick Collection, died at the age of 81.