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While six retired military generals have come out in the past weeks calling for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to step down, no active generals have followed suit. Time magazine reporter and commentator Douglas Waller offers some historical perspective on speaking out against a senior official.

Trump posted the first architectural renderings of his future presidential library, planned for a prime plot of land donated by Miami Dade College. He later said it's "most likely to be a hotel."

The president weighed in on controversial comments made over the weekend by Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., who is running for the Senate. Akin said that women who are victims of "legitimate rape" rarely get pregnant.

The K-pop group has officially returned from its four-year hiatus bigger than ever. Based solely on first-week sales, there's only one artist who has done any better.

In-N-Out Burger is a phenomenally successful West Coast chain that has stuck to burgers, fries and shakes. BusinessWeek reporter Stacy Perman has written a new history of In-N-Out. She says the chain has persisted with its original formula: Keep it simple; do one thing, and do it the best you can.

The final round of the national spelling bee will be on prime-time television Thursday night. As the preliminary rounds were held Thursday afternoon, elementary- and middle-school spellers sighed and fretted their way through words that could trip up spellers of any age.

These days, just getting noticed is a challenge for most advertisers. Many successful new ads, like Geico's gecko and cavemen commercials, depend on the knowing, post-modern sell.

A Justice Department audit released Tuesday found that a screening program installed at the department in 2002 kept out Democrat- or liberal-leaning attorneys. Those with Republicans ties, meanwhile, got interviewed for plum positions at the department.

California Assembly Republicans are calling on the legislature to address the state’s affordability crisis, arguing that high costs are being driven by government policies and excessive spending.

Children of Men, the breathtaking Alfonso Cuaron film based on P.D. James' dystopian-futurist novel, has just come out on DVD. Critic-at-large John Powers takes a look at one of 2006's most talked-about movies.

NPR's Michel Martin asks retired Gen. Joseph Votel about the risks of deploying American ground forces in Iran.

The Confederate battle flag was retired from the dome of South Carolina's state capital building today. Protests and counterprotests were all part of the scene. NPR's Eric Hochberg has the story from Columbia, South Carolina.