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Calexico elementary and middle school students begin their first full week of classes Monday since an earthquake struck the Imperial Valley last month. All 13 campuses were damaged in the border-city. More than 9,000 Calexico students were forced to stay home.

Soldiers targeted mourners who were part of a funeral procession moving toward a central square in the capital, which was the scene of a bloody crackdown the day before. Protesters at Friday prayers chanted against the king as recent violence has shifted public anger toward the nation's highest authorities.

A month after his midterm "shellacking," President Obama has posted an impressive run of legislative wins: passage of a major tax cut package, repeal of "don't ask, don’t tell" and likely ratification of New START. So is this a rebound? Here's a look at where the president stands with key groups.

All of the 33 children that U.S. missionaries tried to take out of Haiti after the deadly January earthquake have been returned to their parents. But at least one mother says that she would consider giving up her children for a better life elsewhere than subject them to the desperate living conditions in Haiti.

President Obama speaks Friday at a health care rally in suburban Virginia, part of a final frenzied push before the health care bill comes up for a vote in the House on Sunday.

Sen. Bob Bennett, one of the chamber's most conservative members, is in trouble. Utah's Republican delegates are ready to topple the 18-year incumbent at Saturday's state party convention. If he doesn't get 40 percent of the vote, he won't qualify for the June primary.

North Korea watchers are hoping a rare political conference in Pyongyang will yield clues about the secretive country's future leadership. Ruler Kim Jong Il is expected to name his youngest son to key jobs that could pave his way to power.

The proposed megamerger of United and Continental airlines is being touted by the companies as a cost-saving, revenue-producing deal that would create a global powerhouse. Travel and consumer experts say there's still plenty of competition to keep airfares in check.

After waiting for more than a week for relief deliveries that still haven't reached many in the capital, hundreds of desperate Haitians scoured stores in the main commercial district searching for food and items they could sell.

The Federal Communications Commission says the plan, set to be unveiled Tuesday, will help make Internet access faster, cheaper and more pervasive. But some critics are already calling it a missed opportunity.