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The deficit-cutting supercommittee re-emerges Wednesday morning with its first public meeting in more than a month. The group is charged with finding at least $1.2 trillion in deficit reductions by late November. If it fails, automatic, across-the-board cuts follow.

Rajat Gupta, a former board member of Goldman Sachs, is expected to surrender to federal authorities Wednesday. He faces criminal charges tied to a high-profile insider trading case. For more on the story, Renee Montagne talks with New York Times reporter Azam Ahmed.

European leaders continue work on plan to deal with financial crisis. Rescuers continue to search rubble left after Sunday's earthquake in Turkey. A former Goldman Sachs board member is expected to face charges related to hedge fund insider trading.

The alcohol in the singer's system was five times the legal drunk-driving limit, authorities say. Winehouse, 27, was found dead on July 23.

More than half of all employed people worldwide work off the books. And that number is expected to climb over the next decade. Investigative journalist Robert Neuwirth examines how the underground economy works in his book, Stealth of Nations.

Rain is falling in St. Louis. Game 7, if it's necessary, would be set for Friday. The Rangers lead the Series 3 games to 2.

A few women removed their Niqaqs, or full face veils, saying "they wanted to die uncovered, proof of the shamelessness" of the president's regime. The protests come after another day of deadly government crackdowns against protesters.

In South Dakota, hundreds of Native American foster children are being placed in a large private group home, which gets paid millions of dollars, instead of with family or other members of their tribes.

A nonprofit called Seeding Labs ships surplus scientific lab equipment to universities and research facilities in developing countries.

The visit is supposed to facilitate a ceasefire but the opposition continued protesting and the government continued shelling.