Herman Wallace, who spent more than four decades in solitary confinement after his conviction on murder charges related to a 1972 prison riot, is now suffering from liver cancer. A U.S. district judge in Louisiana ruled that Wallace had not received a fair trial.

The director of national intelligence says that with 70 percent of spy agency staff on furlough, essential staff are being stretched thin.

The House speaker emerged from the White House after a 90-minute meeting with President Obama saying, "They will not negotiate." Democrats said they would confer with Republicans, but after they open the government.

Former Vice President Walter Mondale and a former Alabama Supreme Court justice are among those pressing for a bipartisan commission to improve legal services to the poor.

Jackson's mother had sought $1.5 billion in damages, saying AEG was negligent when it hired Dr. Conrad Murray to care for the singer.

After 16 years Jacobs has decided to turn his full attention to his own company. Vuitton management says, "C'est la vie!"

About 800,000 "nonessential" federal employees went to work Tuesday morning for a mere four hours before heading home. Until Congress budges, that's where they'll stay.

The impasse continues. Meanwhile, parts of the federal government remain closed. Among the latest developments: President Obama has invited leaders of both parties to a Wednesday evening meeting at the White House.

The data in the ADP National Employment Report are likely to be the only clues this week about how strong the labor market was last month. The partial government shutdown means the Labor Department is unlikely to release its figures.

When young journalist Marna Shifrin decided to say so long to the animation company where she was working, she did it in a video that's now gone viral. Now, both the company she quit and others are doing their own versions — all set to some Kanye West.