After three months of rallying, the stock market seems to have hit the wall.

One contributor to global warming — bigger than coal mines, landfills and sewage treatment plants — is being left out of efforts by the Obama administration and House Democrats to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

It’s a difficult balancing act. Where some economists see “green shoots” of a recovery others see only yellow weeds of continuing recession. It’s hard to know for sure whether things are getting better or worse.

It’s a difficult balancing act. Where some economists see “green shoots” of a recovery others see only yellow weeds of continuing recession. It’s hard to know for sure whether things are getting better or worse.

One contributor to global warming — bigger than coal mines, landfills and sewage treatment plants — is being left out of efforts by the Obama administration and House Democrats to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

Even though officials say it will be at least six months before a startup auto plant in Ouachita Parish begins taking job applications, investor James Davison says his unrelated company has been flooded with calls from people who want to work there.

Longtime New Mexico cattle rancher Judy Keeler is keenly aware of how tough it is to raise livestock in the dusty desert near the U.S.-Mexico border.

There’s a lot of talking going on about health care reform and urgent warnings of what will happen if it doesn’t pass. But for all the talk, there’s very little clarity for the public about what kind of reform has a serious chance of passing and how lawmakers intend to pay for it.