Construction workers bolted the last pieces of a 408-foot spire into place atop One World Trade Center on Friday, symbolically capping New York's comeback after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.

Could the Boston Marathon bombing have been prevented? At the House Committee on Homeland Security hearing, Congressmen asked a former senator, Boston's top cop and two experts on public safety about whether or not the intelligence community dropped the ball when they closed an investigation into one of the alleged Boston bombers before the marathon bombing in April.

The U.S. State Department sent a three-page cease and desist letter dated Wednesday to Cody Wilson, the organization's 25-year-old founder and self-described anarchist, demanding that the group remove instructions for printing a handgun with a 3-D printer from its website.
 

(CNN) -- President Barack Obama will debut two executive actions designed to spur job growth when he visits Austin, Texas, on Thursday, fulfilling a vow he made during his State of the Union address to further bolster American manufacturing.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Piles of student loan debt are leading some borrowers to put off saving for retirement, buy a home and even get married -- and now many regret taking out the loans in the first place.

(CNN) --Vice President Joe Biden laid out a timetable for his hopes on immigration reform, saying he wants to see Congress pass a bill in the coming months.

Vermont Sen. Patrick's Leahy's amendments to immigration bill would recognize same-sex marriages in which one spouse is an American, and also would allow U.S. citizens to sponsor foreign-born same-sex partners for green cards as long as there's proof of a committed relationship.

Dennis Rodman Asks Kim Jong Un to Release Kenneth Bae. The U.S. missionary was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for vague crimes

To be nominated is awesome. To win is divine: Gabriel Rucker of Le Pigeon beat out stiff competition to be named Best Chef in the Northwest in the James Beard Awards. Also nominated were: Cathy Wims at Nostrano and Naomi Pomeroy at beast, from Portland; along with Jason Franey at Canlis and Ethan Stowell at Staple & Fancy Mercantil of Seattle.

(CNN) -- The FBI Agents Association called on President Obama on Monday to nominate Rep. Mike Rogers, a former agent himself, as director of the bureau.