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• Social Security Disability Cases Last Longer as Backlog Rises
  More people have lost their homes, gone bankrupt or even died while awaiting an appeals hearing on their Social Security disability claims, lawyers say.
• Philharmonic Agrees to Play in North Korea
  The New York Philharmonic plans to visit Pyongyang in the first significant cultural visit by Americans to that country.
• The Long Run: A Crime Buster, With His Eye on the Future
  Rudolph W. Giuliani plainly displayed the rawness of his promise and drive as U.S. attorney in the 1980s.
• Unlikely Ally Against Congo Republic Graft
  Western investors are suing the Congo Republic to recover old debts that they bought for pennies on the dollar.
• Attack on School Bus in Pakistan Injures Seven
  A suicide bomb attack on a school bus outside a Pakistani Air Force base injured five schoolchildren and two adults.
• Republican Candidates Firm on Immigration
  The candidates told Spanish-language viewers that they would take a hard line on illegal immigration.
• Flying Humans, Hoping to Land With No Chute
  Jeb Corliss wants to fly — not the way the Wright brothers wanted to fly, but the way we do in our dreams. He wants to jump from a helicopter and land without using a parachute.
• 2 Fatal Shootings at Colorado Religious Sites
  Shootings at an evangelical missionary training center northwest of Denver and a megachurch 70 miles away left three people and a gunman dead and several wounded.
• The Quad Blog: Tim Tebow’s Legend Grows
  Tim Tebow capped a remarkable sophomore season by winning the Heisman Trophy, which only adds to his growing legend in Florida.