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European Union ministers are threatening to cut off billions in bailout money if Greek legislators don't pass painful austerity measures to dig out of an economic crisis. If Greece defaults on its debts, economists say bank lending could grind to a halt and that the Aegean nation — or perhaps the whole EU — could spiral into a double-dip recession.

Julianne Moore stars in Blindness (Miramax)

Union workers rejected the health care proposal presented by supermarket leaders. We'll find out what's at stake for grocery workers and how the cost of food factors into the debate.

Detroit's top auto executives have ditched their corporate jets for hybrid cars and replaced vague pleas for federal help with detailed requests for as much as $34 billion in their second crack at persuading Congress to throw their struggling companies a lifeline.

Republicans scored big victories across the country in the mid-term elections this month, but what happened to the GOP in California? We're joined on Morning Edition by nonpartisan Sacramento political consultant Leo McElroy.

Airs Monday, April 12, 2010 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

A midnight screening of the new Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises turned into a gruesome scene of death and destruction in Aurora, Colo., early Friday when a gunman opened fire on the audience.

The largest U.S. mortgage lender has tapped into an $11.5 billion line of credit to bolster its liquidity. Observers worry about whether Countrywide Financial Corp. can raise enough capital to operate and survive turmoil in the credit markets.

Jared Loughner, accused of killing six people and wounding Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 13 others during a weekend shooting rampage, made his first court appearance Monday. He was ordered held without bail and assigned the same attorney who represented "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski.

Flip-flops in Iowa keep cropping up like spent corncobs. The recent national debt crisis brought out rampant charges of flip-flopping, too. What's behind all the charges of changeovers? A look at the storied history of the political about-face and what it says about our national character.