AP - Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic Supreme Court nominee in history, vowed loyalty to "the impartiality of our justice system" Monday, confronting Republican skeptics at Senate hearings suffused with racial politics but all but certain to lead to her confirmation.
AP - WASHINGTON — The federal deficit has topped $1 trillion for the first time ever and could grow to nearly $2 trillion by this fall, intensifying fears about higher interest rates, inflation and the strength of the dollar.
AP - Thunderstorms once again forced NASA to call off the launch of space shuttle Endeavour on Monday, the fifth delay for the space station construction mission.
Police in Pensacola, Florida, believe six to eight people were involved in the shooting deaths of a couple known for adopting special-needs children, authorities said today. Those include three people already in custody for the deaths Thursday of Byrd and Melanie Billings. The crime was "a very well-planned and methodical operation," said Escambia County, Florida, Sheriff David Morgan.
NASA will give the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour another try Monday, after having been repeatedly thwarted by the weather and technical malfunctions.
Jamal Bana was only 1 when his parents left Somalia and eventually brought him to the United States. Now his grieving family in Minneapolis wants to know who is responsible for recruiting him to join an al Qaeda-linked Islamist insurgency in Somalia -- one that led to his death.