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As the Senate considers President Bush's re-nomination of Priscilla Owen to a federal appeals court, a simmering debate over the use of filibusters to block judicial nominees is likely to begin in earnest.

The Justice Department gives Robert Bork, the one-time Supreme Court nominee, the John Sherman award for his contribution to anti-trust law. But Bork may be best remembered for his contentious nomination hearing, which many believe kicked off the fight over judicial nominees.

Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection, is a two CD/one DVD collection of Holiday performances. Included along with many of the singer's classic songs are some rarely seen appearances of Holiday on 1950s television.

The World Health Organization says an outbreak of Ebola in Africa is under control after only a few weeks. But 500 miles to the south, a related virus, Marburg hemorrhagic fever, is still spreading months after it began.

Los Angeles has elected its first Latino mayor in more than 100 years. City Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa won by a landslide, ousting the incumbent James Hahn. Black voters, who backed Hahn four years ago, were the critical element in Villaraigosa's victory.

President Bush is in Texas Sunday for a briefing on the damage caused by Hurricane Rita. He spent Saturday at Peterson Air Force base in Colorado Springs, Colo., monitoring the storm and the federal response.

NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft successfully crashed into Comet Tempel 1 early Monday. Scientists arranged the collision in an effort to learn more about the comet's physical makeup.

NASA scientists confirm that a space probe has hit its comet target. They hope the collision will reveal clues about how the solar system formed.

Stanley Weintraub discusses Iron Tears, his recently published history of the American Revolution from the British perspective. King George III and Britons in the 1770s felt the colonists were complaining too much about too little... especially the taxation question.

Concerns about evacuation from any high-density area have been raised after the traffic jam in Texas. John Copenhaver, president of the Global Partnership for Preparedness, and a former FEMA regional director, offers his insights.