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A Stanford MBA who used to work for Google returned to Myanmar to be an Internet entrepreneur. But it's tough to start an Internet company in a country where the power goes out every day.

Hurricane Ida alone caused more than $60 billion in damages, making it one of the five most costly U.S. hurricanes on record since 1980. Forecasters ran out of names for a record second year in a row.

Schoolgirls were kidnapped in Nigeria Tuesday. The suspects are believed to be with a radical group blamed for a bombing Monday. Kelly McEvers talks to Michelle Faul of The Associated Press.

Monday is the deadline to sign up for the new Medicare drug benefit. People joining the program past the deadline will receive a reduced benefit. But the deadline may be extended because of how many people have yet to sign up, a number that could be as high as 10 million.

Many Israelis are upset with two of this year's Oscar nominations. Stephen Spielberg's Munich is being criticized for bias. But objections are greater to Paradise Now, the story of two Palestinian suicide bombers.

The debate over immigration has been dominated by politicians, pundits, and activists with differing viewpoints -- we hear from the owner of an L.A.-based garment factory owner who employs 3,800 workers, most of them immigrants.

After the trauma of Hurricane Katrina and the forced evacuation of most of its black residents, New Orleans holds municipal elections. Mayor Ray Nagin will face a May runoff vote against Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu.

Police arrest five people in London, and the Italian government announces another arrest in Rome. All four men suspected in last week's botched transit bombings in London are now in custody.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney kicked off his final weekend of campaigning in New Hampshire, ending with a passionate embrace of bipartisanship. The appeal reflects a careful calculation by the Romney campaign: President Obama has a small lead in important swing states, but Romney has an edge with independent voters.

One of indie rock's most creative thinkers confronts the marginal world where rural red meets urban blue.