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Oil prices have fallen more than $12 a barrel from their peak level after Hurricane Katrina. But with domestic production still feeling the effects of that storm, government forecasters suggest the downward trend may be ending.

The National Archives Wednesday released hundreds of pages from Judge Samuel Alito's years at the Justice Department. The documents included a memo about abortion that has become the latest ammunition in the fight over the Supreme Court nominee.

A Salt Lake City television station is refusing to air an ad featuring anti-Iraq war activist Cindy Sheehan. The station says the ad is inappropriate, but critics say the station can't take the political heat.

The Chumash band of Santa Ynez Mission Indians want to use profits from its casino to expand its land holdings and business ventures. But tribal officials are battling some of the rich and famous residents of the bucolic Santa Ynez Valley, near Santa Barbara.

Washington's newest political star weighs less than five pounds and still sleeps with his mom. The giant panda cub at the National Zoo is too small for visitors, but he can be seen on 'Panda Cam.'

Walter Reed Army Medical Center is joining other military facilities in going under the knife. The Base Realignment and Closure Commission has voted 8-0 to close the hospital. Presidents and military personnel have been treated at the center since its opening in 1909.

The discovery of 10 "Double Eagle" coins touches off a battle for ownership between the jeweler who found the coins and the U.S. Mint. They are among the most valuable coins in the world.

Connecticut becomes the first state to sue the federal government over the federal No Child Left Behind law. The state says the federal government is forcing it to spend millions of its own dollars on unnecessary tests.

Ripley's Believe It or Not Museums are headquartered in Orlando, Fla. Once a month, a curator sorts through curious artifacts to decide what is going to end up in their 26 museums.

The CIA is holding top al Qaeda suspects in secret prison compounds in Eastern Europe as part of a string of so-called "black sites" set up after the Sept. 11 attacks, The Washington Post reported this week. Linda Wertheimer talks with Post reporter Dana Priest about the detention centers and the human rights concerns they have raised in Europe.