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The immigration service today releases more than 140 draft questions for a new citizenship test. The questions will be given to new citizenship applicants in the the exam's civics portion, beginning in January. The government, which hopes to make the test more meaningful, has been working for several years to redesign the test.

Though the nation's unemployment rate fell to 3.8 percent in February, employers actually cut payrolls by a net 63,000 jobs. The rate fell because so many people decided to stop looking for work — a new sign of weakness in the economy.

Adam Nelson has two silver Olympic medals under his belt, but not a gold. The U.S. track and field athlete is gearing up for Beijing this summer in hopes of taking home the ultimate prize.

Federal Reserve plans for a small increase in short-term interest rates mean an end to the four-year period of falling interest rates. With the economy heating up, the Fed wants to keep inflation in hand. If the Fed raises the interest rate from 1 percent to 1.25 percent, it is expected to be the beginning of the end of a period of historically low interest rates. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

A San Diego defense lawyer says the county's jury selection process is flawed. Court officials dispute that contention, but acknowledge errors have been made in the selection of jurors and are correct

One of Southern California's largest wildfires has frightened many illegal immigrants from hiking through a popular corridor to cross from Mexico even as the Border Patrol has withdrawn some agents.

The House of Representatives passes a bill that would expand federal support for embryonic stem cell research. President Bush opposes research involving human embryos and is likely to veto the bill if it reaches his desk. The vote of 238-194 leaves the bill vulnerable to a Bush veto.

California Senator Diane Feinstein wants to make it illegal to build or finance a cross-border tunnel. Feinstein made the announcement at the Otay Mesa warehouse where the longest ever tunnel under th

A proposal by security contractor Blackwater has divided residents of this sleepy mountain village into two camps: Those who welcome the company's plans to build a firing range here and critics who wa

Student aid continues to grow, but there is still a large gap between the price of college and family incomes. Small increases in tuition, paid on top of student aid, is enough to convince some families that they can't afford to send a child to school.