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Lawmakers are hardly the only ones questioning whether the Bush administration's $700 billion plan to bail out Wall Street will work — or whether it's even the right option. Here, a look at some of the objections being raised on and off Capitol Hill.

North Carolina is fed up with air pollution from other states making people sick and blanketing its scenic vistas with haze. Now it hopes to force the Tennessee Valley Authority, one of country's biggest polluters, to change its ways by using one of the oldest types of lawsuits: the nuisance suit.

The San Diego City Council will consider a change today that would reduce its billion dollar retiree health care deficit to $700 million. If approved, the city will pay millions more into its retiree

As Russians prepare to vote for a new president on Sunday, it's a foregone conclusion that Vladimir Putin's chosen successor Dmitri Medvedev will win in a landslide. The Kremlin appears to be so sure of Medvedev's victory that it has spent almost nothing on campaign advertising.

Dana Corp., one of the nation's largest auto-parts manufacturers, seeks protection from creditors in federal bankruptcy court. The company had declining revenue, a result of a market share loss at Ford and GM. Dana's shares plunged this week after the company failed to make bond payments worth $20.8 million.

Pennsylvania voting officials are preparing for heavy turnout expected for the state's primary on April 22. Like voting officials nationwide, they worry about myriad voting problems — and the effectiveness of the fallback provisional ballots.

Many teens who are depressed or suicidal are undiagnosed. We speak with the executive director from the TeenScreen National Center about a voluntary mental health check-up program for schools. We also speak with a local therapist about adolescent depression, how to tell if your teen is at risk and what to do about it.

New legislation is being pushed that would require more farmers markets to accept food stamps.

Senate Democrats plan to seek a no-confidence vote on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales over accusations that he carried out President Bush's political agenda at the expense of the Justice Department'

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's state of the state address to California's legislature includes a proposal to borrow more than $40 billion to build prisons, schools and dams.