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Voters in Ohio have defeated a new law that limits the collective bargaining rights of unionized public workers. Since the law hadn't taken effect yet, current union rules will remain in place. Ohio voters hope their outcome will send a message to other states considering similar laws.

Lowering payments to Social Security recipients would help slash budget deficits and even reduce wealth inequality. But there's little support among Democrats or Republicans, the young or the old for cutting the safety net.

As news outlets try to figure out what Tuesday's election results tell us about what voters are thinking, they're reaching various conclusions.

Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri could get the death penalty if he's convicted. He's the first Guantanamo Bay detainee to be brought to trial under the Obama administration's revamped rules for military commissions.

The police department is investigating, a spokesman says. Meanwhile, it has released videos of its own showing protesters threatening officers during recent clashes.

A new U.N. report presents more evidence than ever before that Iran's nuclear program is geared toward military purposes. Yet the country has been hampered by both regional rivalries and its own economic and political problems.

Even with a government shakeup, markets are still worried that Italy is headed toward default. The interest rate on the country's debt has shot up to 7 percent and with an economy as big as Italy, there may be no will — or money — for a European Union rescue.

Touched: The Jerry Sandusky Story, came out in 2001. Co-author Kip Richeal says he never saw Sandusky do anything inappropriate with young boys.

Eddie Murphy has resigned as the host of the 2012 Oscars.

Authorities are worried about the remote villages in the path of the storm surge. A storm this size has not hit Alaska since the '70s.