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The Affordable Care Act always promised to be a hot-button issue in the 2012 presidential campaign.

In an interview with Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep, the outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said he would not change "a word" of the testimony he gave the Senate Armed Services Committee last week."I phrased it the way I wanted it to be phrased," Adm.

Spain's northeast region of Catalonia held its final bullfight last weekend, after voting last year to ban the practice.But it's a different story elsewhere in Spain.

By some counts, fewer than half of Americans have ever tried to calculate how much they'll need for retirement. And those who do?

Over the past decade, the number of roundabouts in the U.S. has increased dramatically, from the low hundreds up to the thousands. Modern traffic circles can cut down on commute time and pollution. Studies have shown that they even reduce accidents.

Greece's capital city was gridlocked Wednesday as mass-transit workers walked off the job for the third day this week over fresh austerity measures imposed by the government in hopes of securing crucial bailout funds.The 24-hour strike left Athens without buses, subway trains, taxis or trams.

Republicans in the Sunshine State have long been expected to throw the 2012 GOP presidential primary-and-caucus season into its usual chaos.Reports Wednesday that legislators will schedule the state's primary on Jan.