Summers Withdraws Name for Fed Chairmanship  —  Former Treasury Secretary Calls Obama, Cites ‘Acrimonious’ Coming Confirmation  —  WASHINGTON— Lawrence Summers, a former U.S. Treasury secretary, called President Barack Obama Sunday to say he is pulling out of the contest to succeed Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve.

Obama Rejects Criticism of Shifting Syria Policy: 'I'm Less Concerned About Style Points'  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama says a tumultuous month as commander in chief, when his policy toward Syria took a number of unexpected turns, may not have looked “smooth and disciplined and linear,” but it's working.

Police Fatally Shoot Unarmed Former Football Player Who May Have Been Seeking Help After A Car Crash  —  The wreckage of the car that Jonathan Ferrell, 24, had pulled himself out of before seeking help, only to be shot fatally by police.  —  Officer Randall Kerrick, 27 …

ABC News panel laughs out loud after GOP rep. says Obamacare delay is a ‘favor’ to Obama  —  An ABC News panel on Sunday could not contain their laughter at a Republican congressman's straight-faced assertion that his party would be doing President Barack Obama a “favor” …

Angry House Republicans demand better communication from their leaders  —  Republican lawmakers are growing increasingly frustrated with what they say is a lack of communication from their leaders.  —  Both centrist and conservative members in the House believe that Speaker John Boehner …

Global warming is just HALF what we said: World's top climate scientists admit computers got the effects of greenhouse gases wrong  —  A leaked copy of the world's most authoritative climate study reveals scientific forecasts of imminent doom were drastically wrong.

NSA Spies on International Payments  —  The United States' NSA intelligence agency is interested in international payments processed by companies including Visa, SPIEGEL has learned.  It has even set up its own financial database to track money flows through a “tailored access operations” division.