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Every student in the McAllen Independent School District district is about to get an iPad or iPod Touch that will replace traditional desktop computers. The cost would be about the same as purchasing new computers.

While the U.S. economy is moving in the right direction, President Obama says, the recovery still needs help from the federal government, including things like extending unemployment benefits. But his approach is meeting resistance from Republicans -- and some Democrats.

Dr. Donald Berwick, federal chief of Medicare and Medicaid, asked insurers for their help in making health overhaul a success and to achieve common goals. Cheaper, better health care is in everyone's interest, he said.

Jim Lehrer was slammed for losing control of last week's presidential debate, and Martha Raddatz is confronting criticism in the lead-up to Thursday's VP battle. But how much control can a moderator exert over ambitious and strong-willed candidates, especially when the stakes are so high?

Critics of trying the alleged Sept. 11 co-conspirators in civilian court in New York argue that the venue is inappropriate for terrorism suspects. But supporters say those fears are overblown, and that a federal trial would avoid the taint of the long-troubled military commission system.

Community Leaders Concerned Report Doesn't Go Far Enough

Once President Obama signs the health care bill into law, look for opponents of the bill to move quickly to the next front: attacking it as unconstitutional. Opponents have been gearing up for the legal fight for months.

Lawmakers and political groups like to point to government spending that they say is wasteful — especially in tough economic times. And one popular target has been scientific studies that either sound silly or involve foreign countries or have to do with sex. But researchers defend the studies and don't always welcome the attention.

The world's major economic powers are pledging to launch a bold effort to deal with a chronic slowdown in growth and a European debt crisis threatening to push the global economy into another recession.

Say the words "brown rice," and people of a certain age might conjure images of hippie communes. But the whole-grain product has been slowly gaining in popularity over the last decade. Here are some tips to bring it into the everyday dinner repertoire.