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U.K. police name two of the four men suspected in last week's failed attacks on London's transit system. Forensic exams link an unexploded bomb found over the weekend in London to the bombs that killed more than 50 people on July 7. Officials say the man shot dead by police Friday had no link to any of the attacks.

NASA plans to launch the Space Shuttle Discovery Tuesday, though hasn't found or fixed the fuel sensor fault that scrubbed the launch two weeks ago. NASA has one more week to launch Discovery, or it will have to wait until September for the mission to the space station.

Pontiac residents and community leaders are worried. The Illinois Department of Corrections moved 171 medium-security inmates from the Pontiac Correctional Center to other prisons early this year, and the fear is the rest of the prison built in the 1870s will shut down, too.

Robert Siegel talks with Andrew Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union, about the union's split from the AFL-CIO. Stern formally announced the division at a news conference in Chicago Monday afternoon.

House Republicans are proposing legislation that would allow people in one state to buy health insurance in another. The idea is to give consumers greater choice and more opportunities to save money on premiums. Opponents say that bargain hunters might end up with policies that don't provide adequate coverage.

A New York judge said he will lift the contempt of court order if Donald Trump meets conditions including paying $110,000 in fines he's racked up for being slow to respond to a civil subpoena.

Two major dissident unions split from the AFL-CIO, citing declining membership. The walkout by the Service Employees International Union and the Teamsters deprives the AFL-CIO of a quarter of its membership.

For many young men and women, joining the military is a path out of poverty. But those who return to impoverished neighborhoods with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder can find it especially hard to recover. We profile Herold Noel, a veteran of the Iraq war who ended up homeless before getting help.

Peter Benenson, the founder of the human rights organization Amnesty International, has died. Benenson, who was 83, started the group in 1961, calling for the release of prisoners of conscience. That impulse led to a movement that has grown into a world-wide watchdog for the oppressed.

Russian police are recommending prosecutors file criminal charges against a Web site that offers cheap music downloads to an international audience.