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By nominating Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, President Obama presents Republicans with a tough choice: They risk alienating women and Hispanics if they oppose Sotomayor — who would be the first Hispanic on the court — or alienating conservatives if they don't.

Braddock Bay, on the southern shore of Lake Ontario, is a prime pit stop for migrating birds. In a converted hot dog stand near the Bay, ornithologists and volunteers capture, study and release about 10,000 passing birds each year.

President Obama, in his first State of the Union address, acknowledged the deepening cynicism Americans feel toward their government. He characterized jobs as his administration's No. 1 focus, renewed his commitment to a health care overhaul and called on the parties to work together to "solve some problems."

The U.S. unemployment rate dipped to 10-percent in November after a two-year climb to heights unseen in almost three decades. Still, the decline is only a small improvement as some still wait to reap the benefits of President Obama's economic stimulus package. Stephen Henderson, of The Detroit Free Press, explains why he thinks the U.S. job market could take years to recover from the economic downturn and why the stimulus package may not offer a big enough boost.

Despite Robert McNamara's efforts to rehabilitate his legacy in later life, none could have erased or even much eased what is destined to be history's harsh assessment of the man known as the architect of the Vietnam War. He died Monday at 93.

When Chileans finish reveling in the stunning glory of the mine rescue, they must resolve the troubling question of why the mine whose collapse trapped 33 men for 69 days was allowed to operate at all.

As many high schoolers prepare for higher learning in the fall, financing a college education is at the top of the list for many college hopefuls and their parents. But the weakened economy has some rethinking their plans to pay for college. Money coach Alvin Hall cracks open the federal 529 College Savings Plans and explains what every student and parent should know.

The killings of an abortion provider, an Army recruiter and a guard at the Holocaust Museum provide sobering reminders of extremist sentiments in the nation's dark corners. Some blame vitriolic speech for helping stoke those sentiments; others warn that suppressing it would be worse.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who chaired the hearing, said being distinct from Facebook isn't enough to cut it for the three tech giants. "That bar is in the gutter," he told the company officials.

Attorneys, forensic analysts and other financial experts working for Purdue Pharma spent nearly two years looking for evidence of wrongdoing by the Sacklers. Critics want the findings made public.