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A mass transit group says public transportation ridership was up 5% this spring over a year ago, due to $4 a gallon gas.

Meanwhile, a Senate committee is considering new transit funding. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.

U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker told a Senate committee today that Iraq is beginning to pay in small ways for its own reconstruction.

But, as John Dimsdale reports, it has a long way to go.

Head of government agencies and investment banks went before a Senate committee to defend the Fed rescue of Bear Stearns, saying greater economic harm would have resulted if action weren't taken.

Bob Moon reports.

As gas prices hit another record high Thursday, senators in Washington suggested Congress may need to intervene and change how investors buy and sell oil.

A report shows a dramatic weakening of economy in the fourth quarter. Fed Chairman Bernanke testifies before a Senate committee.

Sears' profit slumps on weak sales. A rogue trader hits MF Global.

A report shows a dramatic weakening of economy in the fourth quarter. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before a Senate committee.

Sears' profit slumps on weak sales. A rogue trader hits MF Global.