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They are one of the most damaging land snails in the world, and could devastate agricultural areas. So far, about 1,000 have been found in just one square mile. It cost $1 million to remove a previous invasion.

This week, House Speaker Boehner responded to President Obama's jobs plan; Republicans won both special congressional elections in New York and Nevada; and a former Obama administration member announced her bid for a U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts. GOP strategist Ron Christie and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Cynthia Tucker weigh in.

The Soyuz TMA-21 capsule lost contact for a few minutes during reentry. Thoughts immediately turned dark, but luckily everyone was OK.

She's a lawyer, mother of six and an icon for the anti-feminism movement in the U.S. Phyllis Schlafly shares some of her favorite songs.

One of the worst droughts on record is straining endangered species of minnows, so biologists are taking action. They plan on catching the fish to move them to a hatchery.

Google's founders built a giant company based on certain principles: Make decisions based on data. Search should be fast and automatic. Keep as much company information private as possible. In his book In the Plex, Steven Levy discusses how these values shaped Google into what it is today.

An aging sewer system, public corruption and a weak economy pushed the county into trouble and what still may be the biggest such bankruptcy in U.S. history. Now there's a plan to restructure its $3.1 billion debt and raise sewer rates to pay it off.

The most dramatic moment of the GOP debate in Florida revolved around Gov. Rick Perry and his 2007 executive order mandating that young girls in Texas get the HPV vaccine. In 2007, this move mystified Republicans and revealed what some saw as a backroom deal.

The heavily Jewish and Democratic 9th district voted Republican, reflecting the president's weakening support. Some analysts attribute the loss to the conservative Jewish community's distrust of Obama's stance on Israel, while others point to polls that say the economy was a more significant factor.

Republican leaders in Pennsylvania's Legislature want to change how Electoral College votes in the state are allocated. Changing from a winner-takes-all system to a proportionate one based on congressional districts could help the GOP candidate gain a few extra votes in 2012. But the plan is controversial — even among Republicans.