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Two major dissident unions split from the AFL-CIO, citing declining membership. The walkout by the Service Employees International Union and the Teamsters deprives the AFL-CIO of a quarter of its membership.

Robert Siegel talks with Andrew Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union, about the union's split from the AFL-CIO. Stern formally announced the division at a news conference in Chicago Monday afternoon.

House Republicans are proposing legislation that would allow people in one state to buy health insurance in another. The idea is to give consumers greater choice and more opportunities to save money on premiums. Opponents say that bargain hunters might end up with policies that don't provide adequate coverage.

NASA plans to launch the Space Shuttle Discovery Tuesday, though hasn't found or fixed the fuel sensor fault that scrubbed the launch two weeks ago. NASA has one more week to launch Discovery, or it will have to wait until September for the mission to the space station.

For 34 years, Bob Woodward has been a reporter and editor at The Washington Post. His new book is about the confidential source he and reporting partner Carl Bernstein relied on in the Watergate story, The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat.

For many young men and women, joining the military is a path out of poverty. But those who return to impoverished neighborhoods with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder can find it especially hard to recover. We profile Herold Noel, a veteran of the Iraq war who ended up homeless before getting help.

A New York judge said he will lift the contempt of court order if Donald Trump meets conditions including paying $110,000 in fines he's racked up for being slow to respond to a civil subpoena.

Peter Benenson, the founder of the human rights organization Amnesty International, has died. Benenson, who was 83, started the group in 1961, calling for the release of prisoners of conscience. That impulse led to a movement that has grown into a world-wide watchdog for the oppressed.

This past week, the President's Council on Bioethics released a report looking at ways to avoid the ethical minefields that stem cell research presents -- and still allow research to go forward. NPR's Joe Palca discusses the report's conclusions.

John Negroponte, President Bush's nominee for the new position of National Intelligence Director, testifies at his Senate confirmation hearing. Negroponte may face tough questions about his actions while serving in Central America during the Contra War, but he is expected to win easy confirmation.