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Prostate, breast, and smoking-related cancers continue to decline in California. The American Cancer Society has released a new in-depth look at the disease.

Supporters and opponents of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor are taking their competing views of her judicial history to the airwaves and Web. Conservatives seek to portray her as an abrasive judge who lets ideology cloud her opinions. But the White House is pushing back hard.

President Obama has nominated U.S. Circuit Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court yesterday. If confirmed, she will be only the third woman to be on the Court, and the first Hispanic. Supporters say her ethnicity and gender are positives that will bring vital diversity and balance to the Court. But exactly how would her ethnicity really influence her actions or style?

What are the political ramifications of the California Supreme Court's ruling upholding the ban on same-sex marriage? And will the U.S. Supreme Court soon have its first Hispanic justice? We'll get analysis on these two important legal issues.

Moments after President Obama nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, the expected partisan scripts kicked in. Competing ads have been launched on Web sites and television touting competing versions of Sotomayor's judicial history.

By nominating Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, President Obama presents Republicans with a tough choice: They risk alienating women and Hispanics if they oppose Sotomayor — who would be the first Hispanic on the court — or alienating conservatives if they don't.

Republicans promise a fair examination of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, but conservatives question her ability to let the law — not ideology-- guide her decisions. Democrats and liberal groups praise the diversity that Sotomayor, a Latina, would bring to the court.

What's up will all these celebrities giving their babies unusual names like Apple, Shiloh, or Bronx Mowgli? Well, it's not just a celebrity fad. We speak to psychology professor Jean Twenge about her research into the growing trend of uncommon baby names in America.

Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales weighs in on President Obama's pending nomination to the Supreme Court in an exclusive conversation with host Michel Martin. An announcement from the president is expected within days, following news that Justice David Souter plans to retire in June.

U.S. and Afghan officials agree that most of the 21,000 U.S. troops President Obama plans to send to Afghanistan in the coming months should be deployed in Kandahar and its surrounding areas to fight the Taliban resurgence.