Congress is unlikely to approve additional funds before leaving on a five-week break Thursday. Border agencies say they will run out of funds before lawmakers return.

Users of BitTorrent Bleep will find one another through groups of other users, with no records of the calls or texts stored anywhere along the way.

Countrywide Financial hustled to make the loans. Bank of America, once again, is picking up the bill for the damages caused — the latest buffeting since the bank's disastrous acquisition of the Calabasas high-risk lender six years ago.

I'm one of the many Angelenos who live on a street that's a mess. The concrete is cracked. Potholes pop up every few feet. The road is crumbling.