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In the past two elections, national security has receded as an issue as economic troubles have risen. The killing of Osama bin Laden brings terrorism back to center stage just as another election cycle is getting under way. One Republican strategist says the events may change how voters view the candidates and what they're doing.

Sony has shut down a second video game network after another security breach. The successful cyber attacks have exposed customer information and pose a big risk to the company's reputation.

A reconciliation pact was signed Wednesday in Cairo between two key Palestinian factions: Hamas and Fatah. The deal was brokered by Egypt and by independent Palestinian groups which pushed the long time rivals into mending their differences.

Now that Osama bin Laden is dead, should the U.S. pull out of Afghanistan immediately? Veteran military journalist Tom Ricks talks to Steve Inskeep about U.S. strategy in Afghanistan. Ricks writes the "Best Defense" blog for Foreign Policy magazine.

President Obama will visit New York City Thursday to honor 9/11 victims; officials watching Mississippi River flooding downstream; Gadhafi and his forces could be charged with war crimes; BP fined for 2006 Alaska oil spill; pitcher Francisco Liriano throws baseball no hitter

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the first "Freedom Ride" — a test of anti-discrimination laws in the south.

The rival Palestinian political factions have agreed to reconcile after four bitter years of infighting and turmoil. The Hamas and Fatah groups met in Cairo to formally approve the agreement that calls for unified Palestinian elections next year.

The Army Corps of Engineers is flooding some rural areas to relieve pressure upstream. In some places, residents are being warned that graves may be disturbed — and not to try to recover any "caskets, vaults or skeletal remains" in the water.

Flood worries that prompted the U.S. government to blast open a Missouri levee to ease pressure on some towns are rippling down the Mississippi River, prompting more evacuations and unease as the Army Corps of Engineers weighs whether to purposely inundate more land with water.

A provocative European study suggests that moderate salt intake might be no problem and that diets very low in salt could be a recipe for trouble. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sticking to its low-salt guns.