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Silvio Berlusconi's resignation as prime minister marks the end of a political career that tainted Italy's international image and helped bring its economy to the brink of bankruptcy. A fraction of the scandals he endured would destroy political careers elsewhere, but Berlusconi held unprecedented control through a media empire.

What a difference $46 million in TV ad spending can make.

In a country facing tough times, business is booming for vendors at the Sonora Market in Mexico City. There, customers buy candles, charms, figurines and other talismans to fend off financial woes, drug violence, problems of the heart and other tricky situations.

As the U.S. phases out incandescent light bulbs, Lighting Science Group, a small Florida-based business, is hoping consumers are illuminated by the advanced technology and energy efficiency provided by the LED light bulbs it manufactures.

Just shy of 25, Swift's been in the music industry nearly half her life. In an extended interview with NPR's Melissa Block, she addresses what's changed in music, media, feminism and her own career.

Undersized Sea lion pups are swamping rescue centers along the Southern California Coast and scientists do not know why.

The reversal of a conservation law court decision to protect Michigan's Au Sable River is an unintended outcome from large donations by anonymous funders funneled through tax-exempt organizations. Known as 501(c)(4)s, these groups are becoming a vehicle of choice for big donors to hide large political donations.

Markets around the world continue to fall, after losing ground for several days in a row, as the political stalemate drags on in Greece. London Business School professor Michael Jacobides, writing in The Huffington Post, says several factors unique to Greece explain the country's fall.

Health insurers say rising medical costs are to blame for insurance premium increases, and that the administration dropped the ball on getting enough cost controls into the new health law.

Spain's economic crisis has helped drive the nation's unemployment rate above 25 percent. Many of the jobless resent the relatively high pay and job security public sector workers enjoy.