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A trading scandal last year cost UBS more than $2 billion and pushed it into the red. The bank plans to take back some of that money, according to The Wall Street Journal. UBS's board of directors decided to take back half of stock-based bonuses awarded last year, if the bonuses exceeded $2 million.

European leaders are working on a $172 billion bailout aimed at preventing Greece from falling into bankruptcy. But the Greek finance minister will go to EU leaders empty handed. Greek lawmakers failed to reach an agreement on pension cuts among other things.

Forces loyal to President Bashar Assad are again shelling the city, according to reports from Homs. There's also been fighting reported in some other places.

Proposed new rules wouldn't let women serve "in combat," but would formalize what's already been happening — the assigning of women to key roles near the front lines.

Young conservatives are bringing new energy to this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) with a panel called, "Why Am I Living in My Parent's Basement?" Host Michel Martin talks with two young people attending, about how they hope to bring under-30 voters to their side of the aisle.

It's been nearly one year since Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down, and the country is still experiencing the growing pains of transition. Last year, host Michel Martin spoke with a young protester minutes after Mubarak's resignation. Now, Martin catches up with her again to see if she's still optimistic about changes in her country.

The former soviet leader warned if things don't change after the upcoming presidential elections, protests will continue.

By a nearly unanimous vote this morning the House passed the STOCK Act. It will explicitly ban insider trading by members of Congress and their staffs.

The last time the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved a plant was in 1978, a year before the partial meltdown of Three Mile Island.

Democratic Rep. Stephen Holland has introduced a bill in the state House to change the name of the gulf. It's a satirical shot aimed at his Republican colleagues, he says. Stephen Colbert had the idea before him.