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Iran's ruling clerics ordered a partial recount of the presidential election result, which have sparked unrest in the Islamic Republic. Karim Sadjadpour, an Iran expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, calls the election result a fraud.

A General Motors bankruptcy appears to be just days away. The White House has given GM until Monday to radically restructure or head to court. For Chrysler, its bankruptcy proceedings appear to be moving quickly and smoothly.

A Yemeni man who lost 10 members of his family in a Saudi airstrike eight years ago is still searching for justice, his life and the neighborhood forever changed after the strike.

Ohio's vote in Tuesday's primary will be crucial, but there could be a delay in getting results. The state is making major changes in the way its residents cast ballots, especially in its most populous county, Cuyahoga. The county is instituting an optical scan paper ballot system, rather than using electronic voting machines.

A day after scoring a bigger-than-expected win in North Carolina and coming within 20,000 votes of victory in Indiana, Barack Obama's campaign is relatively quiet Wednesday. Meanwhile, Sen. Hillary Clinton holds a town hall meeting in West Virginia. She is also meeting with superdelegates on Capitol Hill and holding a fundraiser.

The war in Yemen is slowing down but one of the lasting effects can be seen in the large numbers of people — many of them children — who need prosthetic limbs.

The mid-Atlantic states are trying to put themselves back together again after a record-setting snowstorm over the weekend. Snowfall totals in some parts of Maryland were over three feet; parts of the Washington and Baltimore metro areas got more than two feet.

The housing bill doesn't just help out Fannie Mae and Freddie Macs; it could make a big difference for regular folks, too. Ron Lieber, who writes a column for The New York Times called "Your Money," talks about the incentives, rebates and credits in the bill.

The government has announced the U.S. economy shrank at its fastest pace in nearly 27 years. That because consumers and businesses cut spending. Layoffs that began in the real estate and finance sectors are now hitting workers in nearly every field. Some iconic firms are slashing jobs by the thousands.

The Federal Aviation Administration has released audio of conversation between pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and air-traffic controllers moments before US Airways flight 1549 splashed down into the Hudson River. All 155 people onboard survived in last month's splashdown.