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Prime Minister Essam Sharaf and his Cabinet submitted their resignations to the ruling military council on Monday, according to reports on Egyptian state TV, amid days of deadly clashes between police and protesters in Cairo.

The protesters who have flooded into Tahrir Square again say the new leaders are the same as the old leaders.

A federal judge and special prosecutor have harsh words, however, for the government's lapses in evidence-sharing during Stevens' 2008 trial. Stevens was convicted, but while he was appealing the government dropped its case.

David Coleman Headley was one of the leaders of the 2008 terrorist attack on Mumbai. A new Frontline documentary chronicles how the son of a Pakistani father and an American mother became a radicalized Islamic militant while working as an informant for the U.S. government.

The Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Musee d'Orsay in Paris have collaborated on a show called Degas and the Nude, which includes works from all over the world. Lloyd Schwartz says that in portraits of everyday moments, Degas made women mysterious, vulnerable and heartbreakingly human.

The likely collapse of the so-called supercommittee's efforts to put together a deficit-reduction deal and continued concern about the debt crisis in Europe are pushing stocks down on Wall Street.

Breast cancer has a pink ribbon — and a lot of money and awareness as a result. Diabetes affects far more people, but it's a disease that still gets lost in the shuffle. Advocates say uniting behind the color blue would give diabetes patients much needed support and acceptance.

Magpies and crows are well-known for their habit of collecting odds and ends in their nests. Not so very different, the thinking goes, from the way medieval cooks assembled ingredients for their pies.

State TV in Egypt is reporting that Prime Minister Essam Sharaf and his cabinet have submitted their resignations to the nation's military council. It isn't known whether the resignations will be accepted.

Authorities are looking to ban some very offensive language — and some pretty innocuous words as well. Among those that are on the potential list: Jesus Christ, nude and damn.