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Cardiologists described Harry Whittington's setback Tuesday as a silent heart attack. A shotgun pellet from last weekend's hunting accident traveled to his heart. Whittington's doctors have not specified what treatment they are administering.

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist says a new immigration bill may be passed by Memorial Day, as his Democratic counterpart, Sen. Harry Reid, drops his refusal to allow GOP amendments to come to the floor. Hispanic organizers have planned a day-long boycott for Monday.

With gas prices passing $3 a gallon, accusations of price-gouging are common. But what exactly is price-gouging? How is it defined? And are the oil companies guilty of it?

A Senate committee calls for dissolving the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the target of harsh criticism after Hurricane Katrina struck last year. The Senate Homeland Security panel's report on the federal response to the hurricane says FEMA's functions should be repackaged.

A Spanish-language version of the U.S. National Anthem is getting huge airplay on Spanish-language radio stations across the nation ahead of pro-immigration rallies slated for Monday, May 1. But the great-great grandson of the original songwriter, Francis Scott Key, is not pleased with the interpretation of the song.

Coretta Scott King's death at a cancer clinic in Mexico has put the country's "alternative" treatment centers in the spotlight. Dozens of such clinics, run by both Americans and Mexicans, treat terminally ill people with medicines not approved by the Federal Drug Administration -- or even proven to work at all. Critics say these clinics exploit vulnerable patients, while others argue they offer hope -- and sometimes, a cure. Amy Isackson of member station KPBS reports.

The city of Vernon, with less than 100 legal residents, has long been controlled by just a couple of families and at one time went more than 25 years without an election. But a lawsuit and government investigations could change all that.

Vice President Dick Cheney already was facing declining popularity when he accidentally shot his hunting buddy. Senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that Cheney would have fared better had he gone public immediately after the shooting rather than spending four days figuring out how to handle it.

Vice President Dick Cheney gave his first interview since shooting his friend while hunting. Cheney said the shooting was his fault but that it was best to delay informing the public until all the facts were known.

British singer/songwriter Richard Thompson has a new box set of live performances, outtakes, and previously unreleased material. The 5-disc set, The Life and Music of Richard Thompson, was built from the musician's own archives as well as the archives of Thompson fans.