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Falling energy costs kept inflation in check. But oil prices are up today, a sign that coming inflation reports might not be as welcome.

In what looks to be the largest such attack so far in the months-long uprising against the Assad regime, the Air Force Intelligence building and other sites were struck, activists say.

Though the economy faces many problems, the news about manufacturing adds to a string of reports that signal at least modest growth ahead.

Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Herndandez, who authorities say may have fired the shots has been taken into custody. No one was hurt and the bullet that was stopped by ballistic glass. President Obama and the first lady were not in the White House.

Gov. Scott Walker tells NPR that his political foes are camouflaging their true intent with platitudes about workers' rights, among other things. And he says he did what was right for Wisconsin during the battle he led earlier this year to weaken the state's public-employee unions.

Rolling Stone political correspondent Tim Dickinson says the tax policies pursued by the Republican Party have benefited the top 1 percent of income earners. "The people at the very top of the income [bracket] are taking off like a rocket," he says.

Tuesday, Occupy Wall Street protesters were evicted from Zuccotti Park in Manhattan. Similar evacuations were carried out in cities across the country, including Portland and Oakland. Many analysts argue this could be a turning point for the movement.

"The rich are not only getting richer — they are becoming more dangerous." That's according to Wall Street Journal writer Robert Frank, whose new book, The High-Beta Rich, shows how the spending of the top 1 percent has become "the most unstable force in the economy."

A surge in demand for Tokay Geckos is leading to the "rapacious collection" of the animals in Southeast Asia," says a wildlife-protection group. Unsubstantiated claims of miracle cures from traditional medicines are helping fuel the demand.

The capital city plans to thicken the ice on one of its rivers in the winter, which they hope will keep them cool in the summer.