CIA Recruits Wall Street Bankers

Motivations For North Korea's Actions A Mystery
A range of theories exists as to why North Korea may have torpedoed a South Korean navy vessel in March -- but it's all speculation. U.S. intelligence officials freely admit they don't...

Bomb Plot Suspect Tied To Alleged U.K. Terrorists
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, accused in the attempted Christmas Day airliner attack, had contacts with at least two suspected terrorists while a student in London, investigators tell NPR....

Record Low Temperatures Drive Up Energy Prices
Natural gas and home heating oil prices are rising. Crude oil has started trading above $80 a barrel. All of that likely will translate into higher energy bills. The rising prices also...

Money, Power Serve Up Alphabet Soup Of Regulators
When AIG stunned the global economy by nearly collapsing last year, the insurance giant was being regulated by dozens of agencies in the U.S. Lawmakers eyeing an overhaul of the financial...

A Spy Thriller From Stephen Carter: 'Jericho's Fall'
Stephen Carter has a new thriller called Jericho's Fall. Linda Wertheimer talks to him about the basis for his tale of spies, official secrecy and financial fraud. The story centers on a...