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A Spanish company has begun drilling for oil in the Caribbean north of Cuba, just 80 miles from the Florida coast. Researchers and response crews in Florida are already making contingency plans for a possible spill.

David Walker, one-time head of the Government Accountability Office, pointed out something that isn't news but still has the power to disturb when you actually take the time to mull it over: Congress has gotten in the habit of not passing spending bills on time or budget resolutions at all.

The case was brought by a group of students who say the ban has led to a big decline in minority enrollment at state universities. At issue is whether the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will overrule itself because of a new Supreme Court case.

A new report finds that about one in eight U.S. voter registrations are invalid or inaccurate. While there are few documented cases of voter fraud, the study finds that cooperation among states could improve the accuracy of voter registration lists nationwide.

A year after an uprising began in the Gulf nation much remains the same. Government security forces used tear gas and stun grenades to stop protests before they began.

The explosions come a day after Israel accused Iran of launching twin attacks against its diplomats.

The carrier was escorted by U.S. choppers and shadowed by Iranian patrol boats.

The morning's top stories from NPR's The Two-Way.

The U.S. and the European Union are announcing that they will soon treat each other's organic standards as equivalent. In other words, if it's organic here, it's also organic in Europe, and vice versa.

Officials described a hellish scene in which many of the prisoners burned to death or suffocated in their cells.