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White supremacist Matthew Hale receives a 40-year sentence for soliciting the murder of a federal judge in Chicago. His target, Judge Joan Lefkow, had ruled against him in a trademark dispute.

Rick Watson was a banker, making good money and providing for his family. But he says he was only doing what needed to be done -- not what he wanted to do. So Watson went to a life coach.

One of America's greatest novelists, Saul Bellow, died Tuesday at 89. He won three National Book Awards, a Pulitzer and the Nobel Prize in Literature. Among his best-known books are Herzog, Humboldt's Gift and The Adventures of Augie March.

The Space Shuttle Discovery has docked with the International Space Station. In doing so, it did a controlled back flip to enable cameras on the ISS to photograph its belly for damage. So far, there is no indication that the shuttle was damaged on liftoff.

Carolyn and Mary Jane DeZurik grew up on a Minnesota farm, but they rose to musical fame in the 1930s. Their special talents included yodeling and imitations of birds and barnyard animals. Their story is told again by writer John Biguenet in the music issue of Oxford American magazine.

Bernard Ebbers, the former CEO of Worldcom, is sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in what authorities call the largest accounting fraud in U.S. history. Ebbers, 63, was found guilty on charges of securities and reporting fraud. He is expected to appeal.

The landmark New Orleans eatery turns 100 this year. Locals and celebrities, U.S. presidents among them, have queued up for a table over the years at a bistro celebrated in a biography by two regulars.

NASA engineers are struggling to get to the bottom of a mysterious technical problem that scrubbed Wednesday's planned launch of the space shuttle Discovery. Astronauts were already on board when word came that the launch was a no go. They now need to wait at least days if not weeks for another chance.

Echinacea has been widely used to treat the common cold, but a new study finds the herbal remedy has no effect on the virus that causes the infection or on the illness that results. Past studies have had similar results. But the message doesn't seem to sink in with consumers.

Producer Jennifer Sharpe collects what she calls "foreign tongue recordings." They're versions of hit songs from the American charts, sung by the original artists, usually in German, Italian or French.