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Initially, the CIA was suspicious of Soviet aviation expert Adolf Tolkachev. But he earned the agency's trust — and provided blueprints, documents and plans that were crucial to the U.S.

Sen. Barack Obama topped Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in Tuesday's Mississippi primary. Despite overwhelming support in the African-American community for Obama, exit polls showed that he lost ground with white voters in what turned out to be the most racially polarized vote so far.

Chinese leader Hu Jintao promises to make communist rule more inclusive and better spread the fruits of China's economic boom during a nationally broadcast speech to China's Communist Party congress.

U.S. agencies have produced a National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq. The good news is that it sees al Qaida in Iraq's capabilities reducing, but the political side is a different story.

In a bid to stave off the swell of home mortgage foreclosures, the Bush administration announces plans to freeze interest rates for up to five years for certain subprime mortgage holders. The plan comes amid reports that third-quarter home foreclosures surged to an all-time high.

A new Justice Department report says that politics illegally influenced the hiring of career prosecutors and immigration judges. The 140-page report issued Monday largely lays the blame on top aides to former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

Chef Marcus Samuelsson has a ritual whenever he travels to a new place — ask the cabdriver, "Where do you eat?" When he did that on a trip to Barbados, he fell in love with a fish sandwich.

Is 60 the new 40? In her new book, Patricia Cohen (age 51!) explores the origin and evolution of middle age. "I like to say that middle age is something of a 'Never Never Land,'" she says. "Younger people never want to enter it, and older people never want to leave it once they get there."

A Chinese coast guard ship and one of its militia vessels separately bumped a Philippine coast guard ship and a military-run supply boat Sunday off a disputed shoal, Philippine officials said.

Francine Segan, author of Dolci: Italy's Sweets, discovered the unusual treat while traveling in Tuscany.