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Arlen Specter -- 'one of the few truly wild
cards' -- dead at 82
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Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, who embodied a
vanishing breed of liberal Republicanism before
switching to the Democratic Party at the twilight
of his political career, died at age 82 in his
Philadelphia home on Sunday after a long battle
with cancer. Specter had been in the public eye
since serving as a member of the Warren
Commission, which investigated the assassination
of President John F. Kennedy. Specter was elected
to the Senate in 1980 and represented
Pennsylvania for 30 years, longer than anyone in
the state's history. His politically moderate
image fit hand-in-glove in the politically blue
Northeast.
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In Other News

• The sky proved no limit for Felix Baumgartner.
  The Austrian daredevil, in fact, rose to the edge
  of space Sunday -- 128,100 feet, or 24 miles,
  above the Earth -- before plunging faster than
  the speed of sound. Minutes later, he landed in
  southeastern New Mexico and, dropping to his
  knees, pumped his fists to the sky.
• Malala Yousufzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl
  activist shot in the head by the Taliban, is on
  her way to Britain for treatment as she struggles
  to overcome her injuries, the Pakistani military
  said Monday.
• The space shuttle Endeavour's journey of 123
  million miles ended Sunday afternoon when it
  rolled into its final resting place at the
  California Science Center in Los Angeles, where
  it will go on public display later this month.
  Now, after 25 space missions in its 22-year
  career, Endeavour will be parked in a display
  pavilion built just for the shuttle.