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The former Libyan leader's body was taken to a secret location in the desert. In other news, The New York Times reports on the efforts of U.S. investigators to break Mexican drug cartels.

It seems that one neighbor is suing another (and a dog walker) for the alleged deposits left on the grass in their development by a "fluffy 19-pound Westie-bichon frise mix" named Baxter.

After Steve Jobs was diagnosed with cancer, he asked Walter Isaacson to write his biography. The new book tells the personal story of the man behind the personal computer — from his childhood in California to his thoughts on family, friends, death and religion.

A year-long survey revealed the last living rhino was poached in 2010. It was found with a bullet in its leg and with its horn cut off.

They've been drumming more than the neighbors and many other protesters want. Could the rhythmic beating lead to the New York protest's demise?

The Boston Globe collected fish samples from across the state and learned from scientists that 48 percent were mislabeled. In many cases, cheaper species were substituted for higher-end species in restaurants, seafood markets and grocery stores.

In the annual ranking, the U.S. trails only Singapore, Hong Kong and New Zealand. Business in the U.S. still complain about the corporate tax code, however.

You can apparently never have enough flat-tax plans in a race for the Republican presidential nomination. So Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday officially introduced his own version. That gives us two flat tax proposals in the GOP race, Perry's and Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan. Actually, Perry's plan is not so much a flat tax as a flatter tax since he maintains deductions and even the current code.

The officers were among 12 people arrested on charges that they smuggled firearms, cigarettes and slot machines they thought were stolen, federal authorities said. The arrests stem from an FBI-NYPD internal affairs investigation that began in 2009 after authorities got a tip from a confidential informant.

Oregon City, just south of Portland, Ore., has rejected more than $2.5 million in federal funds. The school district turned down money that would have given performance-based pay bonuses to teachers, a controversial part of the Obama administration's education policy.