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If the Supreme Court decides that Congress exceeded its constitutional authority in enacting the part of the law that requires most Americans to either have health insurance starting in 2014 or pay a penalty, does that invalidate the rest of the law? And if not, how much, if any, of the rest of the law should it strike down?

In the final day of arguments on the health care law, the Supreme Court takes up the question of whether the law must be tossed if parts of it, such as the individual mandate, are declared unconstitutional. Justices will also hear about the Affordable Care Act which could have the most far-reaching consequences.

Beyonce was born in an animal shelter in Northern California. She's tinier than a tea cup, and at birth fit into a spoon. Since making the news, the shelter says adoption offers have poured in for the dog.

"I'm just happy I was able to get him down to the floor," says David Gonzalez, about helping to subdue the captain, who suffered some sort of breakdown and was ranting about bombs and trying to break back into the cockpit, passengers say.

The bronze artwork, made by Theodore Geisel's daughter, has disappeared. The theft comes as a movie version of Dr. Seuss' story continues to draw fans to theaters.

This week's summit is the first in Iraq in more than twenty years, and the first since the Arab Spring uprisings began. Guest host Jacki Lyden talks about what the summit means for the host nation, and discusses recent developments in the Arab world with Adeed Dawisha of Miami University and Ned Parker, with the Council on Foreign Relations.

During arguments both sides faced tough questions from justices about whether striking the individual mandate would mean the death of the entire health care law. The conservative bloc seemed concerned about health insurers, while the liberal bloc worried about usurping congressional powers.

Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., donned a hooded jacket this morning in the House chamber to talk about Trayvon Martin's death. He shouted over attempts to cut him off. It's against the rules to wear hats in the chamber when the House is in session.

In the new biography Hitler, A.N. Wilson describes the Nazi dictator as the "Demon King of history" but also as an ordinary and even boring man. "Many of the ideas that he had and expressed ... were ideas that more or less everybody had at that time," Wilson says.

For the first time, the Supreme Court has ruled that defendants have a right to effective legal assistance in plea bargains. In a 5-4 decision, the court declared that when a lawyer acts unethically or gives clearly wrong advice, the defendant may be entitled to a second chance at accepting a plea offer.