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More than 2 million residents along the Eastern Seaboard have been ordered to move to safer places as Hurricane Irene lumbers toward the Mid-Atlantic region.

On Feb. 20, 2011, Moroccans took to the streets in protest in a country considered one of the most stable in the region. King Mohammed VI acted quickly, offering constitutional reforms and early elections. But progress toward democracy has also revealed the limits of civil disobedience.

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates visits China on a three-day trip to improve ties between the Chinese and U.S. militaries. But military tensions are just one facet of a very complicated relationship that also must contend with currency strains, human rights disputes and North Korea.

Last month, for the first time ever, a CBS-New York Times poll showed Congress' approval rating had plunged to a single digit — 9 percent. And following this week's failure by the supercommittee to agree on a deficit reduction plan, many lawmakers fear that number can only get worse.

More than 2 million residents along the Eastern Seaboard have been ordered to move to safer places as Hurricane Irene heads toward the Mid-Atlantic region. Rain and strong winds pelted the coasts of the Carolinas. As Irene tracks north, its path that could affect 65 million people and cause billions of dollars in damage this weekend.

Health, energy and the environment, science and foreign assistance were among the areas that saw larger reductions in the fiscal 2011 budget request. Some of President Obama's pet projects, such as "Race to the Top" aid for public schools, managed to avoid the ax.

Ford Motor Co. earned $6.6 billion in 2010 — its highest profit in a decade. Still, the company is not out of the woods. It's stock price dropped 13 percent on Friday, it's trying to climb out of debt, and it could face tough union negotiations just as it's trying to secure a foothold in the Chinese car market.

Thousands of travelers trying to get home after the holiday weekend sat bored and bleary-eyed in airports and shivered aboard stuck buses and subway trains Monday, stranded by a blizzard that slammed the Northeast with more than 2 feet of show. But travel is slowly getting back on track.

Mitt Romney's inability to capitalize on the advantages of a state where his father served as governor and headed an auto company marks the latest turning point in his tumultuous quest to secure the GOP nomination.

All three major New York airports are accepting flights again following the weekend blizzard, as airplanes started arriving at Newark Liberty Tuesday morning. LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy International began to receive inbound flights on Monday night.