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Leila Lopes is the first woman from Angola to become Miss Universe. Latina Magazine is celebrating its 15th anniversary. And South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is under scrutiny for her remarks about a female reporter. The Beauty Shop ladies weigh in.

For another perspective on combating the increase in poverty, Tell Me More turns to Jared Bernstein. He served in the Obama administration as Chief Economist and Economic Adviser to Vice President Joe Biden. He responds to Herman Cain's 999 plan and identifies the impediments of getting Americans back to work.

The Congressional Super Committee on debt held its first public meeting Tuesday. It is tasked with finding a way to cut $1.2 trillion from the federal deficit over the next 10 years. To find out more about the committee's meeting and whether social programs like Medicare might be affected, host Michel Martin speaks with Bloomberg Businessweek's Roben Farzad.

One customer was nabbed by police for sampling raw meat in a Pennsylvania store. A family of five was living in a car at a Walmart in Florida. And at a store in Missouri, a girl had a run-in with a monkey. At any given moment, there are 850,000 Americans inside a Walmart store. Something weird is bound to happen.

Convinced that signals from Wi-Fi devices and cellphones have been making them sick, dozens of people have moved to a "radio quiet zone" around the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, W.Va.

Republican strategist Alex Vogel explains how he thinks Monday's Republican debate in Florida may influence the 2012 race for the presidential nomination. Former Vice President Al Gore, who was invoked in the debate, also weighs in on the unfolding 2012 race.

Towns and villages in Vermont and upstate New York are beginning to recover from Tropical Storm Irene. But scientists say the widespread chemical and sewage spills, and the cleanup's effect on trout streams, could cause lasting environmental damage.

In China, an electoral battle is playing out over the Chinese equivalent of Twitter. As local elections take place, some are using this platform to run campaigns as independent candidates. But authorities have harassed some of those political hopefuls.

There was huge public support for the U.S. war in Afghanistan when it began a decade ago. Today, only a quarter of Americans follow it closely.

The solar energy company received government loans and Obama's endorsement in 2009. Now it's in bankruptcy and under investigation by the FBI. On Wednesday, Republicans questioned the administration's motives for supporting Solyndra, while Energy Department officials defended its decision to invest in the technology.