Monday, July 13, 2009
Families crowded around black-and-white television sets in 1969 to watch Neil Armstrong take man's first steps on the moon.
Sonia Sotomayor enters confirmation hearings for her historic nomination to the Supreme Court with reason to be confident about the outcome — Democrats have the votes in the Senate to make her the court's first Hispanic and third woman justice.
Thunderstorms force another launch delay for space shuttle Endeavour, next shot Monday.
California's legislative leaders are reporting progress with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on a deal to close the state's $26.3 billion budget shortfall, expressing hope for agreement by the end of the week.
Two men arrested on murder charges in the slaying of a Florida couple who adopted a dozen children with developmental disabilities went to their house intending to burglarize it, according to arrest warrants.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the CIA program concealed from Congress was a secret plan to kill or capture al-Qaida operatives.
Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer says Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is a "mainstream" jurist who would not let her personal views interfere with her rulings.
Casualties of War: Remembering Minnesotans who died in Iraq.
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