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On Monday, the president released a plan on how to pay for his $447 billion jobs bill and reduce the nation's deficit. The plan aims to slash $3 trillion from the debt over the next decade, which involves Medicare and Social Security cuts and tax increases for the wealthy. Host Michel Martin speaks with NPR's Senior Washington Editor Ron Elving about the plan.

Witnesses say pilot Jimmy Leeward may have steered his plane away from stands where spectators were sitting. Whether he was conscious at the end, though, isn't yet known.

The former head of the International Monetary Fund also expressed regret to his wife, his family and the French people. But, he did not apologize.

The president will say his plan would pare $4 trillion more from federal deficits over the next decade. He's adding more than $3 trillion to the amount that lawmakers have already agreed to.

It doesn't breed with other sparrows, scientists have determined. And that means it's on its own.

The bank said the $2.3 billion loss was incurred during a three-month span of trading. The bank said the rogue trader falsified numbers to mask his risk-taking.

ANALYSIS: If the 2012 election is a referendum on President Obama, it could be curtains for his hopes of a second term because the economy is making too many voters unhappy. But if it's a choice, Obama could win by persuading enough voters that his approach with a balance of spending cuts and higher taxes on the wealthy is closer to their values.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said he plans to move forward with his request for Palestinian statehood, despite the consequences. Abbas said he was under "tremendous pressure" to drop the bid.

In the San Antonio neighborhood in Oakland, Calif., sex trafficking has been a problem since several motels moved into the community decades ago. In the past year, when parents and advocates realized pimps were targeting middle school girls, they started to hold rallies and marches and met with public officials and the police to stop the problem.

The Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma is risking millions in federal funding after its decision to expel about 2,800 African-American members. Known as Freedmen, these members are descendants of slaves owned by Cherokees, and some wonder if the move is racist.