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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized on Thursday and treated for pancreatic cancer. Ginsburg, 75, has told friends she intends to be back on the bench when the court reconvenes Feb. 23. Nevertheless, there's speculation about whom President Obama would chose to replace her should she step down.

Almost all keyboards made since the early 1990s are, frankly, no good. A tiny group of writers and hackers know better. They use vintage IBM keyboards. Ugly, built like tanks, and, most importantly, with a spring under each key, and which clicks when you press it.

American Airlines is parking its MD-80 jets in the Texas desert and buying new Boeing 737s. The move is an attempt to cut energy costs amid high energy prices.

A man drops dead of a heart attack but awakens as a younger version of himself. He reaches 43 and dies (and returns) again. Author Brad Meltzer first read Ken Grimwood's novel, Replay, when he was 19. He never forgot it.

The Rules and Bylaws committee of the Democratic National Committee meets in Washington to try to resolve whether to seat delegates from Michigan and Florida at the convention. The states were stripped of their delegates after violating party rules by holding early primaries.

At George's Family Restaurant, just outside of Pittsburgh in Aliquippa, Pa., voters who will help decide the April 22 primary are abuzz over Sen. Barack Obama's speech on race Tuesday in Philadelphia.

One day after New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer admitted involvement with prostitution, NPR's Mike Pesca reports on how the news is playing in Albany.

The National Guard's Fighting 69th infantry, based in New York City, had been neglected until the events of Sept. 11, 2001. That day's terrorist attacks, and the Bush administration's march to war in Iraq, drove the unit to transform itself into a battle-ready force.

Sen. John McCain claims victory in the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary. McCain's victory is a stunning comeback for a candidate who was all but written off last summer. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney came in second.

Michael K. Deaver, a former deputy chief of staff for President Reagan, was seen as an expert political image-maker. But his own image was damaged when he was convicted of perjury for statements he made about his lobbying activities. Deaver died of pancreatic cancer.