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Each Sept. 30, the nation wraps up its old budget, and on Oct. 1, it starts a fresh spending cycle. But once again, the country has no formal budget in place. Uncertainty over the budget not only stresses federal workers but it also hurts the already weak economy, analysts say.

Drug shortages may be the new normal in U.S. medical care, experts say. Most drug shortages occur because something goes wrong in the manufacturing process that halts production.

The U.S. economy is struggling to grow. The European Union is trying to contain a debt crisis. And, in a case of bad timing, the world's fastest-growing major economy, China, is trying to slow down to stem high inflation and what some fear is a housing bubble.

American Bruce Beutler, Luxembourg-born Jules Hoffman and Canadian-born Ralph Steinman are being honored for their discoveries about the human immune system.

Andy Rooney's final regular segment for 60 Minutes touched on his family, his love of writing, and his request that you leave him alone.

The websites say they're launching a "strategic news alliance." This afternoon, they're due to stream an interview with President Obama.

Both increases were modest, however.

Today's announcement of an alliance between ABC News and Yahoo! gets off to a noisy start with an interview with President Obama this afternoon.

An Italian panel has granted Amanda Knox's appeal of her murder conviction, for which the American had been serving a 26-year prison sentence. Knox, who came to Perugia, Italy, as an exchange student, had been found guilty in the November 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher.

Warnings were given but action wasn't taken, an inspector general says. Read the report.