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  • Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) at the hearing where he discussed his bill to create a bipartisan committee to tackle fiscal issues.
    House GOP's Latest Idea: A Fiscal Supercommittee, Sort Of
    Republicans are calling for a new special panel to work out a deal to reopen government and raise the debt ceiling. Its prospects aren't very good.
  • A general view of play as the Sydney skyline is shrouded in smoke during the Ryobi Cup match between the South Australian Redbacks and the Western Australia Warriors at Drummoyne Oval in Australia.
    As Smoke Blankets Sydney, Australians Brace For Worse Days
    Two months ahead of the usual fire season, there are dozens of fires in the wilds surrounding Sydney. Some have been due to lightning strikes and other acts of nature. Others are the work of arsonists.
  • Obama Says He's 'Frustrated' About Health Care Site Issues
    At the White House on Monday, President Obama acknowledged widespread problems with his health care law's website while still defending the Affordable Care Act. NPR White House Correspondent Scott Horsley talks with Steve Inskeep about the president's remarks.
  • French multiple sclerosis sufferer Marc Kopp speaks about his quest to skydive over Mount Everest, in an interview conducted in Kathmandu last week.
    Man With MS Skydives Onto Mount Everest: 'I Feel Very Happy'
    From the list of things a person with multiple sclerosis can't do, we must erase "sky-dive over Mount Everest." That's because Frenchman Marc Kopp, 55, jumped from an aircraft at an altitude of some 32,000 feet this weekend.
  • U.S. Army Gen. Keith Alexander, commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, director of the National Security Agency (NSA), testifies during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on Wednesday.
    NSA Chief To Hackers: Analysts Don't Abuse Their Power
    Using strong words, Gen. Keith Alexander told the Black Hat convention that stories about leaked documents focus on potential abuse of surveillance data, but he argued reports show analysts rarely stray and if they do, they would be caught by their auditing tools.
  • President Obama talks with Jay Leno during the taping of his appearance on <em>The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. </em>Obama told Leno: "We don't have a domestic spying program."<em></em>
    President Faces Tough Questions On Latest NSA Leaks
    Obama is appearing for his first news conference in more than three months and is bound to get asked about the latest reports attributed to leaks by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
  • On Tuesday, a state appeals court called New York City's ban on supersized soda unconstitutional.
    Despite Legal Blow, New York To Keep Up Sugary Drink Fight
    An appeals court ruled Tuesday that the ban on big, sugary drinks was unconstitutional. The decision is a blow for the city's Board of Health, which has argued that regulation is an effective means of changing unhealthful behaviors. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his legal team say they will appeal.
  • The note left behind by whoever took computers and other valuables from the offices of the San Bernadino County (Calif.) Sexual Assault Services. The goods were returned.
    Burglars Return Loot To Group That Helps Sex Assault Victims
    The offices of the San Bernardino County Sexual Assault Services agency were broken into. Computers and other valuables were taken. But whoever was responsible apparently had a change of heart after learning what the agency does. The goods were returned along with a note.
  • The components of the full seven-piece Smart Bedding set.
    A Bedding Innovation For People Who Hate Making Their Beds
    In this installment of our Weekly Innovation series, a bedding set that promises to solve the problem of having to realign or untangle bunched up sheets in the morning. The designers of Smart Bedding say it's a daily timesaver.
  • NYC Tabloids Go Gaga Over Naughty Pols
    Two New York pols felled by sex scandals, Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer, are back. And no one is more excited than the city's scrappy, pun-loving tabloids, which are pummeling them nearly every day.
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