Washington Post to be sold to Jeff Bezos  —  The Washington Post Co. has agreed to sell its flagship newspaper to Amazon.com founder and chief executive Jeffrey P. Bezos, ending the Graham family's stewardship of one of America's leading news organizations after four generations.

Drone strikes kill militants in Yemen; Americans urged to leave  —  Britain advises against travel to Yemen Analysis: Dangers of al Qaeda in Yemen Sources: Al Qaeda plot in final stages  —  (CNN) — A pair of suspected U.S. drone strikes killed four al Qaeda militants in Yemen …

Family Leader says it could fill straw poll's gap  —  Gov. Branstad on competing Straw Polls: Gov. Branstad on competing Straw Polls  —  If state party officials decide to scrap the Iowa straw poll, as Gov. Terry Branstad has suggested, a nonprofit evangelical conservative group is ready to fill in the gap.

‘Jeopardy!’ ruling under fire  —  NEWTOWN — Newtown eighth-grader Thomas Hurley III was thrilled to be chosen as a contestant on the Kids Week episode of the television game show “Jeopardy!” that was filmed in February and aired this week.  —  He was up against a tough competitor right …

Wendy Davis: 'I don't know what happened in the Gosnell case'  —  Texas state senator Wendy Davis spoke at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Monday afternoon about her 13-hour filibuster of a bill limiting late-term abortion, her life story, and her future in politics.

FBI Finds Holes in System Protecting Economic Data  —  FBI finds ‘operational vulnerabilities’ involving ‘black boxes’ used to control the release of sensitive economic data  —  By - BRODY MULLINS and - DEVLIN BARRETT -  —  The Federal Bureau of Investigation has discovered vulnerabilities …

Liz Cheney listed as 10-year Wyomingite, gets resident fishing license early  —  Senate candidate Liz Cheney improperly received a state resident fishing license based on an application with incorrect information, according to Wyoming Game and Fish Department records.

Bill Daley campaign site features White House photo from day bin Laden killed  —  When gubernatorial hopeful Bill Daley launched his new website on Monday, he included a photo that could trump that of any other candidate in the race.  —  It's a photo taken in the Situation Room the day Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces.

Chicago Sees Pension Crisis Drawing Near  —  CHICAGO — Corporations are moving in, and housing prices are looking better across the region.  There has been a slight uptick in population.  But a crushing problem lurks beneath the signs of economic recovery in Chicago: one of the most poorly …

Exclusive: Japan nuclear body says radioactive water at Fukushima an ‘emergency’  —  (Reuters) - Highly radioactive water seeping into the ocean from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is creating an “emergency” that the operator is struggling to contain, an official from the country's nuclear watchdog said on Monday.