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Robert Siegel speaks with Rob Lang, director of Brookings Mountain West, about the latest S&P Case-Shiller home price index numbers. In particular, cautious optimism is returning to the Las Vegas housing market, but some see it as a new bubble.

President Obama has chosen to nominate Katherine Archuleta as director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Archuleta served as national political director for Obama's 2012 reelection campaign. If confirmed, she would be the first Hispanic to serve as director of the OPM.

French authorities say a Muslim convert was prompted by his religious ideology to carry out the weekend stabbing attack at a shopping mall west of Paris.

Melissa Block talks to Kara Scannell, U.S. regulatory correspondent with the Financial Times about the case officials are calling the largest online money-laundering case in history, involving the currency exchange, Liberty Reserve.

We asked our audience to share the uncomfortable, awkward or just offensive questions they've been asked about their race. Here are some of the highlights.

It first showed up in the 1950s and '60s — think low-slung sofas, egg-shaped chairs and the set of Mad Men. Today, midcentury modern furniture is "blazing hot," as one dealer puts it. One explanation is that people often like what their grandparents liked.

Young adults insured under their parents' plans were shielded from the potentially catastrophic cost of a medical emergency, a review of hospital records found. Researchers say $147 million in hospital bills were charged to insurers rather than the patients in 2011.

The Minnesota lawmaker parlayed a cable-ready presence and unshakable, if often untrue, message to national stature.

Melissa Block has more about Katie Danis, a 7th grader from Gastonia, N.C., who wanted to sing her word at the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

What's the most effective way to protest? Teenage Palestinian boys have a long tradition of throwing stones at, and getting arrested by, Israeli soldiers. Palestinian girls say they are no less patriotic, but most don't believe that stone throwing is the best way to achieve their goals.