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Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar speaks to Melissa Block about the NATO strikes that killed two dozen Pakistani soldiers over the weekend.

In the 1960s, it was hard to form a rock band, especially in New York. With connections, though, you could make it — and that's how one of the most mysterious and legendary New York bands, The Left Banke, came to be.

Water from the Susquehanna River threatened people from New York to Maryland. Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee have dumped more rain across the Northeast, closing major highways and socking areas still recovering from Hurricane Irene.

President Obama's "reset" policy of engagement with Moscow has paid concrete dividends. But distrust remains high on both sides, and further breakthroughs appear unlikely.

The agency that governs domain categories like .org and .com is forging ahead with plans to sell new names despite some vocal opposition from regulators. For a registration fee of $185,000, applicants could register a suffix like .music or .Nabisco. But that could lead to problems, opponents say.

The country's top admiral says his forces can easily close the strategic Strait of Hormuz, where up to 20 percent of the world's oil flows. In response, the U.S. warns that any disruption at the strait "will not be tolerated." And a Saudi official says Gulf Arab nations are ready to offset any loss of Iranian crude.

The end is nearing for an unusual year at the movies — no single film has dominated the conversation in Hollywood. Thousands of people in the industry will get a chance to say what they think of this year's films when the first Academy Award ballots are mailed out Tuesday.

China's consumer market is massive, and breaking in isn't easy. Some U.S. products have struggled. But in recent years, an old American sneaker has become an unlikely success story: the Converse Chuck Taylor All Star.

Host Rachel Martin speaks with Nate Silver, who writes the FiveThirtyEight blog for The New York Times, about the mechanics of the GOP primary, the number of delegates apportioned so far and how future contests will determine the delegate count.

About 40 percent of TV households have digital video recorders. Once you have one, you may think differently about the shows you watch. TV critic Eric Deggans of the Tampa Bay Times has found some hidden meanings in the TV series his DVR tapes week after week.