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Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson addresses a Tea Party rally in Madison, Wis., in 2010.

Eyeing Senate, Tommy Thompson Must Face New GOP

Former Wisconsin governor and Bush Cabinet secretary Tommy Thompson is laying the groundwork for a run at his state's open U.S. Senate seat. But as Thompson prepares for his return to politics, the onetime standard-bearer for Wisconsin Republicans appears to be facing a conservative backlash.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the U.N. on Monday (Sept. 19, 2011).

At The UN, Palestinian Bid For Membership Dominates Discussions

As President Obama and other world leaders gather in New York City for the opening of the United Nations General Assembly session, one of the hottest issues is President Mahmoud Abbas' request to make Palestine a member of the U.N.

A U.S. Predator drone above southern Afghanistan in January 2010.

Next Step For Drones May Be 'Automated Killing'

The Washington Post reports researchers are developing drones that some day could "search for a human target and then make an identification based on facial-recognition or other software." Then, "a drone could launch a missile to kill the target.

Black Freedmen, who are descended from the slaves of Cherokee Indians, protest their expulsion on Sept. 2 outside a regional Bureau of Indian Affairs office in Muskogee, Okla. Marilyn Vann, in pink, is the president of the Descendants of Freedmen Association.

America's 2nd Largest Indian Tribe Expels Blacks

The Cherokee Nation recently stripped citizenship from a majority of African-Americans who descended from slaves of wealthy Cherokee Indians before the Civil War. Host Michel Martin discusses this controversial move with MacArthur Fellow Tiya Miles, who studies interrelated histories of African-Americans and Native Americans.

<p> FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Georgia Department of Corrections shows death row inmate Troy Davis. Georgia corrections officials have scheduled a Sept. 21, 2011, execution date for Davis, for the 1989 murder of Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail. Davis, now 42, insists he's innocent and his lawyers, arguing they could prove it, have managed to spare him from three execution dates in the last four years. (AP Photo/Georgia Department of Corrections, File) </p>

Ga. Death Row Inmate Denied Clemency, Despite Support

On Tuesday, Georgia's pardons board rejected a last-ditch plea for the clemency of Troy Davis, who is due to be executed Wednesday for killing a police officer. Davis claims innocence. No physical evidence links him to the murder. His supporters, including legal professionals, say the case is rife with doubt. Host Michel Martin speaks with Kurt Schmoke, Dean of Howard University School of Law.

Not bad digs. The $2 million double-wide in Malibu.

$2 Million For A Double-Wide Mobile Home? That's Malibu For You

After some down times, sales are perking up again in the upscale trailer parks above the Pacific. The views and access to the beach draw big prices.

President Obama meets with advisers at an economic meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, March 15, 2009. Participants include National Economic Council Director Larry Summers, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Council of Economic Advisers Chairwoman Christina Romer, senior adviser David Axelrod, Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and adviser Gene Sperling.

In The Obama White House, A Crisis Of 'Confidence'

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind talks about his unflattering picture of rivalries and dysfunction within President Obama's first economic team in his book Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President. Some of officials quoted in the book say they were misquoted or that their comments were taken out of context.

Anthony Guarino Jr., a seismic analyst at the California Institute of Technology, demonstrates an early earthquake warning system in Pasadena, Calif.

U.S. Tests Early Warning System For Earthquakes

The system, modeled after similar ones in Japan and Mexico, could give the public a few seconds of notice, which doesn't sound like much, but it could save lives, say scientists.

That's a bottle of water shining brightly.

What A Bright Idea: 'A Liter Of Light' For The Poor

In some of the world's slums, bottles of water are bringing light to homes, at least during the day.

Report: FBI Counterterrorism Trainings Paint Muslims As 'Violent' And 'Radical'

In one session, an intelligence analyst said the key to defeating militants was to go after Islam. The FBI said the training was "discontinued because it was inconsistent with FBI standards on this topic."

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