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Republican John McCain berated Wall Street, a day after he said the fundamentals of the economy were still strong despite the economic troubles. Campaigning with his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, he said regulation needs to be streamlined.

Community groups getting federal funds to reduce hospital readmissions made little improvement, an early evaluation finds. The experiment will run for five years.

Phosphogypsum, a byproduct in the fertilizer industry, contains uranium and radium — and as the EPA notes, it also forms radon, "a cancer-causing, radioactive gas."

Demand for summer air travel is strong despite high fares. Travelers, however, should brace for the worst — after widespread flight delays and cancellations last summer.

President Barack Obama unveiled Friday a strategic review of U.S. operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The review focuses on building civil society, talking to some militants, troop increases and continued drone attacks in Pakistan.

The results of the government's stress tests on the nation's 19 biggest banks will be made public Thursday. The tests are aimed at determining whether the banks are healthy enough to weather a recession.

More schools closed in the U.S. Monday in an effort to reduce the spread of swine flu. Included are 24 schools in a district west of Detroit where a high school student may be infected with the new H1N1 flu strain. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it is considering making guidelines on school closures more flexible.

NPR's Ivan Watson, who had a close call Sunday when his car was targeted by a bomb, says there has been an increase in violence in the Iraqi capital. He says in November alone, there were 108 bombings in the city with a civilian death toll of 148.

President-elect Barack Obama has unveiled his national security team. Among the main appointments: Defense Secretary Robert Gates is staying on at the Pentagon, Sen. Hillary Clinton will be secretary of state and Eric Holder will be the attorney general.

Defense minister Oleksii Reznikov will be replaced this week with Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar lawmaker. Umerov has served as head of the State Property Fund of Ukraine since September 2022.