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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's recent health episodes have sparked concerns about his possible successor. NPR's A Martinez talks to Austin Horn, a reporter at the Lexington Herald-Leader.

NPR's Lilly Quiroz brings us a postcard from Guatemala about Lake Atitlán, considered to be one of the most beautiful lakes in the world.

Sen. John Sununu of New Hampshire has called on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to resign. Sununu is the first Republican to join a chorus of Democrats in Congress who say the attorney general had an improper role in the firing of eight U.S. attorneys.

With thousands of renewable projects waiting to connect to the grid, some tech companies have quicker solutions than new transmission lines.

NPR News Analyst Cokie Roberts talks about President Bush's nomination of Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden to head the CIA. Porter Goss resigned from the position on Friday.

President Obama is expected to nominate federal appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. She would be the first Hispanic justice. If confirmed by the Senate, Sotomayor would succeed retiring Justice David Souter.

The Bush administration has imposed new rules for the State Children's Health Insurance Program that state officials say may result in loss of coverage for thousands of kids. Congress has been working to renew the program, which is set to expire at the end of next month.

The soaring price of oil is hitting the airline industry. American Airlines announced Wednesday that it would eliminate about 12 percent of its flights by the end of the year and added a $15 surcharge for each checked bag.

The arthritis drug Humira has been a blockbuster seller for more than two decades. Now some copycats could end Humira's reign.

President-elect Barack Obama is said to have chosen Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan to serve as education secretary. Duncan has run the country's third-biggest school district for the past seven years. He has focused on improving struggling schools, closing those that fail and getting better teachers.