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<p>Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks to a group of supporters during a visit Tuesday to a GOP phone bank in Terrace Park, Ohio. </p>

From Romney, Perry, Mixed Campaign Messages

The former Massachusetts governor revived accusations that he's a flip-flopper when he waded into a battle over a ballot proposal in Ohio. The Texas governor created his own distraction by revisiting questions about President Obama's place of birth.

Suddenly, The 'Ladies Love Libyan Rebels'

Young Libyan men who less than a year ago were "hopeless layabouts" are now "marriageable heroes" because they took up arms against the regime of Moammar Gadhafi, according to Foreign Policy magazine.

<p>This photo provided by the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium shows one of three leopards that were captured by authorities near Zanesville, Ohio.</p>

Ohio Officials Say Wild Animals Will Not Be Given To Owner's Widow

Marian Thompson had demanded that the Columbus Zoo return the three leopards, two macaques and a young grizzly bear that survived the tragedy at her husband's farm. State officials, though, have ordered that they be quarantined at the zoo.

U.N. Votes To Lift Libya No-Fly Zone On Oct. 31

The U.N. Security Council decided that there was no need for U.N.-authorized military action following the death of Gadhafi on Oct. 20 and the transitional government's announcement of the country's liberation on Oct. 23.

<p> Union posters can be found all over the Occupy Philadelphia protest site near City Hall. Protesters and local union leaders meet regularly to discuss tactics and how to involve labor. </p>

Unions Assume A Support Role For Occupy Movement

Labor unions have found a new ally for their long-time criticism of the country's ultra-wealthy. Around the country, Occupy Wall Street-inspired protests are drawing attention to a message unions have been advancing for years. But unions say they don't want to take over.

<p>This undated photo provided by the National Nuclear Security Administration shows the last B53 nuclear bomb. It was dismantled this past week, just outside Amarillo, Texas. It's a milestone in efforts to reduce the number of nuclear weapons.</p>

U.S. Dismantles The Biggest Of Its Cold War Nukes

The B53 weighed more than 4 tons and was 600 times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb. It's taken the past 14 years to dismantle them.

<p>Pythons' huge meals strengthen their hearts, and scientists hope it will help them learn how to treat human heart diseases.</p>

Eating Your Way To A Healthy Heart (If You're A Python)

Pythons can eat up to quarter of their body weight, or 40 pounds, in one meal. It turns out those huge meals make their hearts stronger and may offer insight into how to treat heart disease in humans.

<p>Sheets of $100 bills wait to be cut into singles at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C. In recent decades, the gap between rich and poor has widened in the United States.</p>

Why The Haves Have So Much

Why has the gap between wealthy and poor Americans gotten wider? Federal tax policy is part of the story. Those at the top of the income ladder have been the biggest beneficiaries of tax cuts over the last three decades, but the biggest change has come in the shape of the economy itself.

Tribal Unrest In The New Libya

Bani Walid was one of the last pro-Moammar Gadhafi bastions to fall to revolutionary forces. It's also the seat of the Warfalla tribe, the largest in Libya. In the wake of Gadhafi's death, NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro reports the tribe is aggrieved and the city is seething.

Obama's Economic Trip Across The Pond

Efforts to solve the European debt crisis are sure to be front and center when leaders of the countries that make up the G20 meet in France later this week. President Obama arrives in France on Thursday to meet with European leaders, and NPR's Scott Horsley joins host Audie Cornish to talk about the president's trip.

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