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The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hears testimony from ex-Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld in the inquiry into Army Ranger Pat Tillman's death by friendly fire in Afghanistan. Lawmakers want to know how far up the chain of command a cover-up went.

British airline Virgin America makes its first flight - between Los Angeles and New York City. The cost of tickets is as low as $250. Passengers get satellite TV, a self-service mini bar, and music in the bathroom.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon used his State of the Union speech to critique the United States. He said he was protesting what he called the "persecution" of undocumented Mexican workers.

Track star Marion Jones made sports history by winning five medals at the 2000 summer Olympics, but now she's scheduled to appear before a New York Court to plead guilty to lying to federal agents about her use of performance enhancing drugs.

A federal judge unsealed documents in the anthrax case Wednesday. FBI officials were expected to hold a public event to describe the evidence against Army scientist Bruce Ivins, who committed suicide last week before prosecutors could charge him in the anthrax mailings that killed five people in 2001.

The Internet radio host broadcast hundreds of hours from the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

Efforts are now underway to relocate some of the rhinos from one national park to another, to reduce overcrowding.

The idea of historically highlighting the home of the late Mafia godfather Angelo Bruno has generated some push back.

NPR's Eric Deggans talks about two crowd-pleasers that stand out as being well done, though not groundbreaking.

The Broadway show American Idiot, based on the album of the same name by rock group Green Day, gets its first local production at the University of...