Ever since the 2008 financial crisis, we've heard story after story about bad behavior in the financial industry. In the most recent, bankers at Barclays were found to have rigged Libor, the London-based lending rate that is used throughout the world. The scandal led to the resignation of the former CEO of Barclays, Bob Diamond.

Last year the women's soccer team from Iran was prevented from playing a qualifying match for the 2012 Olympics because they refused to remove their hijabs before kickoff. Female Muslim soccer players often find themselves in the same predicament on their local fields, even in North America. But all that might change, thanks to a new decision by the International Federation of Association Football.

In a surprising move in Syria, Manaf Tlass, who served as a general in Syria’s Republican Guards, has defected. Tlass was a member of the Damascus aristocracy and was close to President Basha al-Assad.

A new report found that Countrywide gave politicians and businessmen special, low-rate loans because Countrywide wanted preferential treatment. And Rep. Darrell Issa, chair of the committee that issued the report, says Countrywide got the preferential treatment they sought.

Natasha Trethewey is the first African American to hold the title of Poet Laureate since Rita Dove in 1993. She will assume the post in September and will divide her time between Decatur, Georgia and Washington, D.C.

This week President Obama is visiting Ohio and Pennsylvania, two states that are already pegged as crucial swing states in the 2012 presidential election. But although these two states are getting the majority of the attention, there are many states that could go to either candidate.

In "The Amazing Spider-Man," Peter Parker searches for clues to why his parents disappeared when he was so young, and runs afoul of his father's former partner, Dr. Curt Connors. "Katy Perry: Part of Me 3D" takes a look at the pop star's life on and off stage, including her religious family's opinions of her career. And "Savages," Oliver Stone's latest, follows two California marijuana farmers as they face off against a Mexican drug cartel.

In our lifetime, we’re exposed to thousands of images of women in the media. More often than not, these images are tweaked, trimmed, smoothed over, and made to look, well, not quite like women actually look. This week, Seventeen magazine released their “Body Peace Treaty” which promises to “celebrate every kind of beauty” and “never alter the shape of a girl’s face or body.”

About half of the mortgages in San Bernardino County are underwater, and the county is looking for some way to help its residents. Now a venture capital firm has stepped forward with a controversial possible solution.

Kurt Andersen is a man of many talents. In addition to hosting Studio 360, Andersen just published a new novel, "True Believers." What does the new novel, based mostly in the 1960s, say about change in the United States?

Thousands of internet users in this country and around the world could lose their connection on Monday, the result of the so-called DNS Changer virus. The malware has been around for several years and last year, the FBI charged those responsible for creating the virus.

Friday on The Takeaway means a chance to look back at this week’s big stories. Talking about the new employment numbers, Anderson Cooper, the Higgs Boson particle and more are Jeff Yang, Charlie Herman, and Lisa Randall.