The oldest member of the Senate and the last surviving World War II survivor in the Senate passed away due to complications of viral pneumonia in New York's Presbyterian Hospital at 4:02 am this Monday morning.
Three years after his arrest in Iraq, the court martial of Army Private First Class Bradley Manning got underway today at Fort Meade, Maryland outside Washington.
The Arizona woman who was detained nine days ago in Mexico and thrown into prison there on drug smuggling charges, has been released and re-united with her family late Thursday night.
Another letter containing possible Ricin was intercepted by the White House mail screening service in Washington on Thursday. The letter has been sent on to the FBI for testing and further investigation.