From Los Angeles: Mastercard and Visa are spending a lot of time in court these days. Yesterday, American Express filed a huge lawsuit against the two credit card giants...

From New York: After more than ten years of stability, the U.S. Supreme Court might be in for some change...

From Washington: Congress heads into its lame duck session today with big plans for some big spending - deficit spending that is.

From Los Angeles: Today marks the beginning of the Super Tuesdays. To folks in the music industry, those are the Tuesdays leading up to Christmas when some of the biggest albums of the year are released.

From Los Angeles: Have you noticed lately there seem to be more ads when you surf the Web? You're not imagining it: There are. Marketplace's Lisa Napoli tells us why.

From Miami: A new report says the four hurricanes that hit Florida this year destroyed 25,000 homes and damaged 40,000 more. The bill - $42 billion.

From New Delhi: Microsoft is making waves in India. Yesterday, the software giant signed partnerships with two of the country's leading outsourcing firms and announced plans to hire more people there.

From London: The British government plans to ban smoking in many public places. Most restaurants, cafes and bars in England could be smoke free within a few years.

From Washington: The new head of the CIA, Porter Goss, promised an agency shakeup, and it's happening.