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Citigroup, the largest U.S. bank, says profit fell 60 percent in the third quarter stemming from credit and trading losses. The crisis in credit markets is taking an especially big toll on Citigroup, leading critics to call for CEO Charles Prince to resign.

James Geary has gathered examples of what he calls the oldest and shortest literary art form on the planet — the aphorism — into a compendium, Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists. He shares the rules he uses to identify an aphorism.

Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig said Thursday that he intends to keep his seat until his term ends 15 months from now. A Minnesota judge on Thursday rejected Craig's bid to withdraw his guilty plea to misdemeanor disorderly conduct stemming from his arrest in a Minneapolis airport bathroom.

North Korea agreed to provide an accurate declaration of its nuclear programs and will disable its facilities at its main reactor complex by year-end. As part of the agreement, the U.S. will take the lead in seeing that the facilities are disabled and will fund those initial activities.

Harry Lee, the flamboyant sheriff of Jefferson Parish, La., died after a battle with leukemia. He was in his 27th year in office. He claimed to be the only Chinese-American sheriff in America. He was 75.

Foreign journalists are banned from reporting in Myanmar. But it is possible to enter the country as a tourist to observe a nation under the thumb of military rule.

Swiss banking giant UBS, the world's largest wealth manager, reveals a loss of almost $700 million in the third quarter. That makes UBS one of the highest-profile victims of the crisis in the global credit markets. UBS also announced it is cutting 1,500 jobs and sweeping out two senior managers.

Susan Cooper's The Dark Is Rising series of young-adult books was published more than 30 years ago. A Hollywood version debuts this week. But a recent visit with the author finds that fantasy doesn't always translate easily into film.

A new film in select theaters this weekend examines the moral and ethical pitfalls of corporate law. Michael Clayton is about a lawyer who has a psychotic event when he's no longer able to stomach the agribusiness he represents. The title character is brought in to clean up the mess. Writer and director Tony Gilroy speaks with Andrea Seabrook.

The New York Times best-seller list used to be the gold standard of the publishing world. But these days, there is a proliferation of lists, and stores prominently display their own "best-sellers." So what does it mean to be a best-seller?