
Firefighters in Colorado are planning to aggressively ramp up the fight against a 3,500-acre wildfire that has forced thousands of people from their homes in a rugged canyon northwest of Boulder. (Sept. 7)

In a move aimed at jump-starting the economy, President Obama announced a six-year plan to revamp America's aging roads, railways and runways. Jon Decker reports.

Joran van der Sloot has acknowledged extorting money from Natalee Holloway's parents, saying he did it to get back at them. The Dutchman remains the last person known to be with Holloway. He's also charged with killing a Peruvian woman. (Sept. 7)

In the aftermath of the financial crisis, and in the midst of an uncertain recovery, are President Obama's economic policies working effectively? Lawrence Mishel, president of the Economic Policy Institute, Steve Rattner, former chief adviser to the U.S. Treasury's auto task force, and Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Economy.com, square off against James Galbraith, an economics professor at the University of Texas in Austin, Allan Meltzer, an economist at Carnegie Mellon University, and Eliot Spitzer, former Governor of New York.

































