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Sunni Arab negotiators in Iraq are so far rejecting the constitutional draft presented to the National Assembly Monday. Their largest concern is about the terms under which Iraq will be a federation. And some Iraqis fear the document will lead to a country dominated by Shiite clerics.

A draft constitution has been presented to Iraq's National Assembly. But there was no vote, and discussions on its contents are ongoing. The news came six minutes before the midnight deadline. Minority Sunni representatives have threatened to hold up final approval.

Leaders of Iraq's three main factions try to finish drafting a new constitution. The deadline on their one-week extension is midnight Monday. Negotiators have yet to achieve a breakthrough, and there is speculation they might seek another extension.

Our founding myth suggests the Americas were a lightly populated wilderness before Europeans arrived. Historian Charles C. Mann compiled evidence of a far more complex and populous pre-Columbian society. He tells John Ydstie about 1491.

Monday is the latest deadline for an Iraqi constitution. Despite renewed optimism, a number of key issues are unresolved, including the role of Islam, distribution of oil wealth and women's rights.

Despite an extended deadline, there is little visible progress toward a constitution for Iraq. While some involved say a resolution is near, others cite "profound" differences between competing groups.

Cities and states cost taxpayers $50 billion a year by courting corporations that have no real interest in job creation. So says Greg LeRoy, author of The Great American Jobs Scam.

A year ago, people who predicted that Iraq was headed toward a Shia-Sunni civil war were scoffed at by supporters of the U.S.-led invasion. But sectarian strife appears to be on the rise in Baghdad.

A new graphic novel from the French artist Joann Sfar features a talking feline who tries to convince his Algerian rabbi owner that wants to become Jewish.

A succession of three car bombs detonate in central Baghdad killing at least 43 people and wounding more than 50. The bombs exploded within half an hour of each other, in one case killing rescue workers as they arrived to help those wounded in an earlier bombing.