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Supporters are trying to keep the website alive, but they're dealing with big-time opponents: governments that don't like leaks of their private documents and firms that won't risk possible legal trouble from doing business with WikiLeaks.

Pakistanis go to the polls next month in parliamentary elections that will likely usher in a new government. The outgoing government is deeply unpopular amid energy shortages and a crippled economy. The likely successor is the Pakistani Muslim League of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. But analysts say there could be a strong challenge from the party of former cricket star Imran Khan.

Thousands of wealthy foreigners have gotten visas by investing at least $500,000 in a new business that will create jobs in the U.S. While some think everyone wins under this arrangement, others scoff at what they say is a "pay to play" system.

A new exhibit at Germany's national museum in Berlin looks at how deeply Nazi ideology penetrated the country's popular culture. Playing cards, board games, posters, quilts and other artifacts are on display through early February.

Documenting changes in ocean temperatures over the past century is not an easy project. But scientists need these data to better understand global warming's effect on the oceans. One researcher at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been chasing down old maritime records -- saving them from being chewed on by mice, or demolished by mildew, leaky pipes, fires and flood.

British authorities have closed their embassy in Iran's capital city, Tehran, and recalled all diplomatic staff, a day after Iranian protesters stormed the embassy. Britain also said it was requiring Iran to close its embassy in London and recall all its staff in the next 48 hours.

As the GOP primary race moves into March, we look at the candidates' prospects in the 10 Super Tuesday states, where a trove of 413 delegates are up for grabs. Already Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are battling over Ohio, with its 43 delegates and Midwest bragging rights.

Retailers expect to hire hundreds of thousands of extra workers this holiday season to help with the anticipated spike in sales. But for seasonal retail workers, the hours can be scarce — and unpredictable — before the jobs disappear altogether following the holidays.

Voters overwhelmingly approved a measure to cut retirement benefits for government workers in San Diego on Tuesday.

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's wicked, waggish sense of humor -- and knowledge of baseball -- were on full display Wednesday, when she presided over a re-enactment of Flood v. Kuhn, the 1972 case that unsuccessfully challenged baseball's antitrust exemption.