By MICHAEL COLLINS, Scripps Howard News Service

WASHINGTON - Rep. Scott DesJarlais says what you eat or drink is a personal decision that should be left up to you and possibly your doctor -- but not the federal government.

WASHINGTON - To this day, many people still remember how Ronald Reagan used humor during a 1984 presidential debate to deflect questions about whether he was too old to be president.

Sam Donaldson recalls not just Reagan's words, but also the pictures from that night.

WASHINGTON - Gay-rights supporters celebrated what they heralded as a significant victory on Thursday when the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to overturn a federal law that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.

WASHINGTON - Morgan Hardy watched in frustration as a man walked into his comics and games shop last week, picked out what he wanted to buy, and then used his cell phone to order the merchandise on eBay.

By ordering online, the customer was able to avoid paying the 9.25 percent sales tax he would have been charged if he'd bought the goods in Hardy's store.

WASHINGTON - Sen. Dianne Feinstein intends to file emergency legislation calling for the creation of a five-year agriculture guest worker program so that American growers will have the labor force desperately needed to work their fields.

WASHINGTON - Bleu Copas knows there are no guarantees.

He's 35 now, an age that could make it harder to restart his military career. He'd have to compete for one of the limited slots open to prior-service veterans. Plus, he's already got a job he loves.

U.S. Rep. Phil Roe of Tennessee may be known primarily as a congressman these days, but for a few minutes this week, he was once again Phil Roe, medical doctor -- and may have saved a man's life in the process.

An obstetrician/gynecologist before becoming a GOP congressman, he helped resuscitate an unidentified man who collapsed early Tuesday morning at the airport in Charlotte, N.C.

U.S. Rep. Phil Roe of Tennessee may be known primarily as a congressman these days, but for a few minutes this week, he was once again Phil Roe, medical doctor -- and may have saved a man's life in the process.

An obstetrician/gynecologist before becoming a GOP congressman, helped resuscitate an unidentified man who collapsed early Tuesday morning at the airport in Charlotte, N.C.

WASHINGTON - On first glance, Darrell and Kimberly Lynn's memorial to 9/11 creates the appearance of an enormous American flag stretched tightly between replicas of the World Trade Center's twin towers.

But look again.

WASHINGTON - Larger than life, Ronald Reagan walks straight toward the camera, a smile stretching across his face, his right hand waving to someone just out of view.

An unknown photographer captured the image in 1988 as Reagan was heading back to the White House after an awards ceremony on the South Lawn.