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Paterno's Name Removed From Big Ten Trophy

"It would be inappropriate to keep Joe Paterno's name on the trophy at this time," Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany says.

Italy's premier-designate, Mario Monti, on Sunday in Rome.

Monti Lends Experience, Clout To Italian Leadership

Economist Mario Monti replaces the flamboyant Silvio Berlusconi as Italy's prime minister. The austere and dignified former EU commissioner and political outsider is likely to face opposition from both left and right as he tries to implement reforms and put the debt-burdened country back on track.

Thomas Brausse traded his job selling stocks for one selling sausages. He opened the Frankfurter Wurschtboerse, or Frankfurt Sausage Exchange, after he lost his job in Germany's financial capital in 2008.

In Frankfurt, Former Trader Prepared For The Wurst

A Frankfurt stock trader who lost his job in the 2008 recession is working again in the city's financial district — running a successful business selling sausages to his former colleagues. Thomas Brausse says getting the pink slip enabled him to try out an idea he'd been thinking about for years.

The Pill: Not Just For Pregnancy Prevention

Among the reasons for using oral contraception other than the most obvious one are reducing cramps associated with periods, regulating periods, which for some women can prevent menstrual-related migraine headaches.

Fluoride In Drinking Water? No Thanks, Says Florida County

Public health officials say the evidence is solid that fluoridated drinking water helps protect teeth. But that hasn't stopped opponents from lobbying local governments against the practice.

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Syrian President Bashar Assad that his brutal crackdown on opponents threatens to place him on a list of leaders who "feed on blood."

Syria Faces Growing Pressure As Bloodshed Spikes

President Assad's former allies were turning on him in rapid succession, a sign of profound impatience with a leader who has failed to stem months of unrest that could explode into a regional conflagration. Up to 90 people, including Syrian troops, were killed in a gruesome wave of violence Monday, activists said.

Protester Leina Bocar stands outside Zuccotti Park after police removed the Occupy Wall Street protesters from the park early this morning.

Siding With Mayor, Judge Rules Against Occupy Wall Street Protesters

The New York Supreme Court Justice said police had a right to enforce rules that prohibit camping in Zuccotti Park and that the city's eviction of the demonstrators did not violate their First Amendment rights.

Energy Secretary Steven Chu gives a speech at the National Press Club in Washington.

Energy Secretary Chu Defends How Administration Handled Solyndra

Steven Chu says even in hindsight, he sees no way his department could have known the solar energy company would go bankrupt.

Then-Penn State head coach Joe Paterno gets out of the way during warm-ups before an NCAA college football game in State College, Pa., last month.

Is Football Culture The Core Of The Problem?

Commentator Frank Deford wonders if the very nature of the sport contributed to the events at Penn State.

Fishermen and visitors gather at the beach in the village of Popotla, Mexico, some 15 miles south of the U.S.-Mexico border, in July 2010. Illegal immigrants are increasingly looking to the ocean, as they consider crossing overland more risky.

Small Fishing Boats Smuggle People To California

More illegal immigrants are crossing the U.S. and Mexico border by sea. As law enforcement cracks down on the risky sea journeys, immigrant smugglers are taking their contraband loads even farther up the coast of California, sometimes hundreds of miles from the border.

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