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After the 2014 season, college football's national champion will be determined by a playoff system.

Moody's said it was concerned about the banks' long-term prospects and their exposure to volatile capital markets. Citigroup and Goldman Sachs were also downgraded.

The country's intelligence minister said the country had taken measures to protect itself against the attack.

Steve Martin went from performing in an empty San Francisco coffee house to hosting the Oscars. In between, he spent 18 years as a stand-up comic — four of them, by his account, successful years. His early standup routines, TV specials and other TV appearances have been released in a new DVD box set.

In the Obama household, there are some rules at mealtime. The Obamas eat brown rice instead of white, limit dessert to a few times during the week, and pack lots of vegetables into dinner.

In both Democratic and Republican contests, some voters continue to register their unhappiness with the choices before them. The latest votes came Tuesday in Arkansas and Kentucky.

The city argues that the strike is prohibited by state law. Teachers want more time to consider a tentative contract. One of the key issues concerns an evaluation system that bases much of teachers' pay on students' standardized test scores.

It's likely the Bureau of Labor Statistics will say the jobless rate ticked higher and that job growth was slow again in September, economists say. The presidential campaigns will surely be discussing the numbers.

Mead announced his retirement just two days after Immigration and Customs Enforcement released hundreds of illegal immigrants, citing budget cuts. ICE said the retirement had nothing to do with the release.

Scientists believe a long-lost land mass, sandwiched between the land masses that make up today's India and Madagascar, was lost on the sea tens of millions of years ago.