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Astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper becomes one of just seven U.S. women to ever take part in a spacewalk. She and spacewalking veteran Joe Tanner are working to install a new addition to the international space station. The two astronauts are part of an 11-day space shuttle Atlantis mission to the the station.

Mourners around the country commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, with moments of silence, pauses in routine -- and with large events at New York City's Ground Zero; in Shanksville Pa., where Flight 93 crashed; and at the Pentagon. In New York, loved ones read aloud the names of 2,749 victims to a crowd that began assembling before dawn.

George W. Bush did something today that he hadn't in 66 months as president -- he vetoed a bill passed by Congress. The legislation would have eased restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. President Bush imposed the restrictions in 2001.

The majority of people in Indonesia, Turkey, Egypt and Jordan say they do not believe Arabs carried out the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. A majority of British Muslims and 46 percent of French Muslims also share this view. And in Pakistan, the number is 41 percent.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics on Wednesday released the monthly Consumer Price Index, a key economic indicator that tracks inflation. Robert Siegel goes shopping with Caren Gaffney to find out how the Consumer Price Index is compiled. He also discusses the CPI's importance with economists.

Marc-Andre Dalbavie takes words and tunes from 12th-century love songs, then resets them with a beautiful contemporary twist. Fred Child joined him last week at the Aspen Music Festival. Soprano Courtney Huffman joins the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble.

Tony Allen has operated at the heart of Afrobeat's cosmopolitan renewal, collaborating with A-list electronica and hip-hop producers. Now, on his own, he boils Afrobeat down to its polyrhythmic roots on "Moyege."

Rocco Palmo, a 23-year-old Philadelphian, has made a name for himself with his insider's blog on the Catholic Church. It has become a must-read for many Catholics -- even some inside the Vatican.

Members of the Chicago police routinely tortured suspects, predominantly black men, during the 1970s and '80s, special prosecutors say in a new report -- but the crimes are too old to file charges on.

Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger famously refused then-President Donald Trump's entreaties to "find" enough votes to overturn his loss in Georgia.