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  • Fighters renew assaults on Gadhafi strongholds. Swiss bank may have to close its investment bank operations after $2 billion loss by rogue trader.
  • Journalist Ron Suskind has examined "Wall Street, Washington and the education of a president."
  • A man in a wheelchair was stung more than 60 times. His three rescuers were also injured. An estimated 60,000 bees were in the hive.
  • A man arrested Monday at an airport in Brazil had quite a bit of undeclared carry-on luggage: 72 bags containing almost a kilogram of cocaine inside his body.
  • On Wednesday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry invoked stories of Paul to inspire Liberty University students to speak out against Washington politicians. Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann is also open about her religion. The Christian Broadcasting Network's David Brody and Religion Dispatches' Sarah Posner discuss when it's fair game to ask candidates tough questions about faith.
  • This week, House Speaker Boehner acknowledged some common ground between his jobs plan and the president's plan, but said Obama's program doesn't quite add up. Also, the U.S. Census Bureau reported the latest poverty figures, and Tyler Perry was reported as the highest paid man in Hollywood.
  • When the humble garage workshop just isn't enough, or basement tinkerers tire of trying to go it alone, some turn to 'hackerspaces,' organizations that provide space, tools, and like-minded colleagues for unusual do it yourself projects. Kelly Maguire of NYC Resistor and Sean Auriti of Alpha One Labs discuss the 'hackerspace' movement.
  • The New York Department of Environmental Protection installed a prototype "algal turf scrubber" at one of its wastewater treatment plants in Queens. The scrubber--two 350-foot metal ramps coated with algae that grows naturally--is designed to use algae to remove nutrients and boost dissolved oxygen in the water that passes through it.
  • Hendricks puts words to jazz in insanely complex vocal arrangements of instrumental solos.
  • That it took the man allegedly doing the misdeed to alert the bank puts into question just how well safeguards at banks are working.
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