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Top U.S. military commanders are revising assessments of how soon U.S. troops can begin withdrawing from Iraq. Gen. George Casey said before a skeptical Senate Armed Services Committee that U.S. troops may be able to return home next year. But he also said there is currently just one Iraqi battalion capable of combat.

When a musical group needs a dobro guitar player, Jerry Douglas is the go-to guy. Douglas can be heard on some 1,500 recordings. Occasionally, he breaks out to make his own records. His latest is called The Best Kept Secret.

Across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans, people in the town of Slidell, La., are struggling to deal with their own version of Katrina's devastation.

If Bob Marley is the "king of reggae," then next in that royal lineage is Winston Rodney — known internationally as Burning Spear. His new CD, Our Music, features the same bright, organic sound that's earned him fans for 35 years.

After two years of isolation and uncertainty, many American teens are struggling with mental health problems. But they're also discovering themselves — and their own resilience.

Newspapers across Europe have republished controversial Danish cartoons whose depiction of the prophet Muhammad is considered blasphemous by many in the Muslim world. The move has intensified the clash between those claiming freedom of expression and others demanding respect for religion.

Hurricane Wilma has grown rapidly grew from a tropical storm with 70 mph winds to a Category Five hurricane, the most rapidly strengthening hurricane recorded. It's expected to weaken before possibly making landfall on Florida's west coast over the weekend. Christopher Landsay at the National Hurricane Center in Miami discusses Wilma.

For years, E.L. Doctorow thought that Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's destructive march to the sea near the end of the Civil War would make for a gripping work of fiction.

Two years after the Missouri Supreme Court struck down a similar measure, the state's Republican-led lawmakers passed a bill that would require residents to have photo identification to cast a ballot.

The online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which allows users to edit entries on a wide range of subjects, has banned Capitol Hill computers from the editing process. The reason? Hill staffers tend to write glowing entries about their bosses. Alex Chadwick talks with Andrea Seabrook about some of the worst offenders, and just how far-ranging the problem is getting.