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  • After jumping out of a helicopter from more than 6,500 feet above a mountain, the American daredevil flew through a natural gap in its walls. He then parachuted to safety. It's all on video.
  • In 1951, a woman died of cervical cancer, but her remarkably reproductive cells — taken without her knowledge — survived. Those cells have since led to countless medical breakthroughs. Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks tops the list this week.
  • The opening of Cardinal Hill's new building was an emotional one for former patient, Judy Hale Everett. "Now with the addition of this new wing, the…
  • President Obama delivered his annual back-to-school speech at Benjamin Banneker High School, one of Washington, D.C.'s top performing schools.
  • Donald Trump's name continues to be on the top of many GOP presidential candidate polls. And former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson announces his candidacy. Also: We say goodbye to Former Baltimore Mayor William Donald Schaefer, and to William Rusher, a founder of the conservative movement.
  • University of Kentucky men's basketball coach John Calipari topped other Bluegrass leaders to grab a firm victory as the Lexington area's most influential…
  • A day before the start of the Tour de France, star riders Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso have been banned from cycling's top event over doping allegations. Other competitors are also implicated. Phil Liggett of the Outdoor Life Network details the scandal for Madeleine Brand.
  • President Bush's top strategist, Karl Rove, spends four hours testifying in his fourth and final appearance before a grand jury investigating who exposed the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame.
  • American sports fans aren't very familiar with many of the top U.S. Winter Olympians, let alone some other international athletes. But in Europe, athletes from all over the world are easily recognized.
  • George Mason University is the Cinderella team of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. The 11th seed Patriots stunned top-ranked Connecticut on Sunday to make it to the Final Four next weekend in Indianapolis.
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