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Members of the Iraq Study Group are expected to make their recommendations on the direction of U.S. involvement in the next few weeks. But analysts say that events in Iraq are moving so quickly that the proposed recommendations may have lost their relevance by the time they are revealed.

President Bush defends the U.S. mission in Iraq, saying that calls for American troops to leave the country are premature. The president warned that the situation would only worsen without U.S. troops -- and that "chaos in Iraq would be very unsettling in the region."

In Utah, rescue crews are drilling holes from the surface to try to provide ventilation — as well as communication — to the location of the six miners, trapped since a mine collapsed Monday. One of the owners of the mine says rescuers hope to reach the men Thursday.

Poet Tracy K. Smith's three favorite poems of 2011 blur the private and public, the personal and political, and will refresh how you look at language and the world.

The Senate Banking Committee grills top regulators and several of the nation's largest lenders about problems with sub-prime mortgages — and what regulators did and did not do to address them. About 14 percent of outstanding subprime loans are now delinquent by 30 days or more.

Al Gore takes his climate-change crusade to Congress, calling for an immediate freeze on greenhouse gases in order to fight global warming. Speaking to the House Energy Committee and the Senate Environment Committee, the former vice president said, "The planet has a fever."

Employers have shed jobs for three straight months, more evidence that the economy could be contracting. While the pace of layoffs is not as sharp as in previous recessions, the combination of rising food and energy prices, along with the real estate downturn, has employers very cautious.

South Korean President Kim Dae-jung says his nation will not tolerate North Korea's newly revived effort to develop nuclear arms. But Kim, who will leave office soon, says the crisis should be resolved through diplomatic efforts. Kevin Kim reports.

Sales of real Christmas trees are down more than 20 percent for the past two decades. This season Christmas tree growers wanted to collectively start an…

A sixth person dies in Nepal's two-week long protest campaign against the country's King. The enigmatic Nepalese monarch holds the future of the kingdom in his hands.