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Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson resigned yesterday, citing "personal and family matters." But his departure comes amid growing allegations of influence peddling. Ann Lott, of the Dallas Housing Authority, and Bruce Katz, of the Brookings Institution, discuss the allegations against Jackson.

Iraqi insurgents kidnap a Western contractor, identified as Australian Douglas Wood, amid an upsurge of violence in Iraq. Two bombs explode in Baghdad Monday morning. More than 100 people, including 11 U.S. soldiers, have been killed in the last four days.

North Carolina holds primaries for president and state and federal office-holders on March 5. Follow the live results.

California's presidential primaries offer a big delegate haul, and its congressional primaries are also held today. Candidates are vying to fill the seat long held by late Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

Nine mine workers were trapped underground after a landslide at a gold mine in Turkey's eastern Anatolia region.

Police pulled the woman over for using a cellphone while driving. They then discovered she had no license and had a kid on her lap. Not a child but a baby goat.

Attorneys for same-sex couples fighting to have their marriages recognized in Ohio are urging a federal appeals court to strike down the state's gay…

The catacombs under Paris are the eternal resting place for about 6 million people. Airbnb has a contest offering the winner an overnight stay for two in the bone-lined "bowels of Paris."

A federal appeals court has ordered Ohio to allow voters who had been purged from the rolls for not voting over a six-year period to participate in this…

Talk of tax cuts continues to dominate both chambers of Congress. The tax writing committee of the House this week approved a second phase of President Bush's proposed $1.6 trillion package of tax cuts, this one eliminating the so-called marriage penalty and increasing the child tax credit. But on the Senate side, talk turned to another concept -- the granting of a swift tax rebate that might pump new money into the consumer economy relatively quickly. No sooner did one Republican mention the idea than several leading Democrats adopted it. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.