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Thursday, March 13: The International Monetary Fund announces that governments

The True Cost of Health Care

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.

Bank of America Corp. officials say the company has agreed to buy Countrywide Financial for $4 billion in stock. The acquisition will make Charlotte-based Bank of America the nation's biggest mortgage lender and loan servicer.

How are demographic shifts in Mexico impacting the future of immigration to the U.S.?

San Diego faces a $1.3 billion unfunded retiree health liability. Do you think the city should have the right to change benefits promised to workers? Why do you think the city has let this problem go on for so long?

The U.S. government says about 75 million travelers crossed the northern border in the last fiscal year, less than the 87 million who came by air. Both are dwarfed by the number of visitors crossing the southern border with Mexico: 234 million. One busy point of entry for travelers is Nogales, Ariz.

The U.N. says more than 3,500 people have died in Syria's eight-month cycle of protests and government crackdowns. Residents of Homs, the third largest city in the country, report fierce fighting as government forces try to regain control of the city.

Existing single-family home sales rose nearly 20 percent over just the past couple of months. But prices in most places are not going up, thanks to a glut of foreclosures. Still, housing construction is expected to go from being a big drag to being a small positive.

The news that Apple has been tracking iPhone locations is a reminder that we don't always know what our smart phones are doing. We'll get a preview of the next Ethics in Science and Technology forum called WHO OWNS YOUR CELLPHONE?