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Washington Post senior correspondent Thomas Ricks says the Iraq war is likely to last at least another five to 10 years. He has written a new book about General David Petraeus and the Iraq war called The Gamble.

As the Senate continues to debate the economic stimulus bill, President Barack Obama has gradually increased his rhetoric, warning that inaction will lead to economic catastrophe.

The CEOs of the nation's largest banks were on Capitol Hill to answer questions about how they used the government's bailout money. They conceded they need to work to improve their image, but insisted they are making loans and plan to pay back the bailout money with interest.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is battling pancreatic cancer. A cancerous tumor was removed during surgery Thursday at New York's Sloane-Kettering hospital. She is the only woman justice on the highest court of the nation.

Prosecutors in Georgia recently charged four members of a group called the Final Exit Network with assisting in suicides. Investigators say they could be involved in as many as 300 deaths. The group's president, Jerry Dincin, who was not charged, says the group isn't doing anything wrong.

A mysterious ailment decimating bat colonies in the Northeast has spread far faster than scientists once believed. "White-nose syndrome" has been confirmed for the first time in New Hampshire and West Virginia, and suspected sites in Virginia are being investigated.

Since 1991, with only a few exceptions, the media has been barred from filming or photographing the flag-draped coffins of service-members as they arrive back at Delaware's Dover Air Force Base from Iraq and Afghanistan. But the Obama administration is reviewing the practice to consider whether the media restrictions should be lifted.

President Obama announced Wednesday that he'll rein in the huge number of corporations that the Bush administration hired to do government work. Obama says controlling wasteful and fraudulent contracts could save up to $40 billion a year.

The Obama administration's plan to wipe toxic assets off bank balance sheets seems to be winning some early support from investors — including some of the big private investors whose support will be critical to its success.

Sen. Dodd came out swinging over the weekend after a week of attacks that criticized him for voting for an amendment to the stimulus plan that allowed the AIG bonuses. Other senators cast the same vote — so why is Dodd the target?