WASHINGTON -- President Bush offered White House reporters plush armchair seating in the West Wing briefing room, with suede or velvet upholstery, and double the space.

WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld late Wednesday reversed a decision to skip a public hearing on Capitol Hill and said he will testify at a session on the Iraq war.

PHOENIX -- Police reached out to Spanish-speaking members of the community Wednesday night in an effort to generate more tips on two serial predators believed responsible for a combined 13 slayings in the Phoenix area.

LOS ANGELES -- Herman Atkins spent eight years in a California prison for a rape he didn't commit.