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  • Drug traffickers are increasingly moving into smaller, weaker nations in Central America, including Belize. The U.S. is providing some help, but Belize desperately lacks the resources to fight drug cartels.
  • A lot of emotion — and money — have been pouring into Ohio for an initiative on the November ballot. The measure would repeal a new state law that sharply curtails collective bargaining rights for public employees. Ida Lieszkovszky of StateImpact Ohio reports.
  • Variety meats, or offal, were once common on American dinner tables before industrial-style livestock production made other cuts more affordable and available. But now some chefs say they are bringing them back because they're flavorful and more economical.
  • France's president went into damage-control mode after Greece announced days before a G-20 economic summit that it would put a hard-won bailout package to the test in a popular referendum. He also summoned Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou to Cannes for one of two pre-summit emergency meetings.
  • No one can guarantee that the rice crisis of 2008 won't happen again. A lot of damage remains from the disaster that sent rice prices soaring even while there was plenty of rice. And there's still some of the fear that produced the crisis in the first place.
  • The contempt hearing for Pakistan's prime minister has been adjourned until next month. Pakistan's Supreme Court wants him to explain why he refused to reopen an anti-corruption case against the country's president.
  • The Florida primary on Jan. 31 is the next nominating contest in the GOP presidential campaign. On Saturday, Newt Gingrich won the South Carolina primary. On Sunday, he was saying it's now a two-man race between Mitt Romney and himself.
  • Two more shows to add to your 2012 list: Justified, which returns to FX Tuesday night for its third season, and Alcatraz, a new Fox drama and the latest from Lost producer J.J. Abrams. TV critic David Bianculli explains why they're both worth watching.
  • The Muslim Brotherhood has emerged as the big winner in Egypt's parliamentary elections. Long oppressed under the regime of Hosni Mubarak, the Islamist party is now the most important power broker in the country. Lourdes Garcia-Navarro reports that the question on everyone's lips now is what does the Brotherhood really represent and how will it govern?
  • There are reports Thursday that Texas Gov. Rick Perry will leave the GOP presidential race, and Iowa officials announced final results of the state's Republican presidential nominating caucuses held earlier this month.
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