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The District of Columbia has developed plans to deal with a terrorist attack or a natural disaster. But much depends on local neighborhood officials, and some are not so confident about their ability to cope.

The capital region has produced two of the U.S. Olympic team's eight speedskaters. Nearly a third of the short track speedskaters who qualified for Olympic trials this year came from D.C.-area clubs.

Rates saw the biggest one-week drop in a year, spurring a spike in new purchase and refinance applications.

CNA's Jeffrey Edmonds explains what a static conflict means as winter approaches.

DR. SUSAN LOVE, M.D. She is known as the "breast doctor" because of her writings and research on the subject, but her new book (with, Karen Lindsey) "Dr. Susan Love's Hormone Book" (Random House) concerns menopause. In the book she addresses the symptoms, medication, and questions some women face when approaching this life phase. Love is a breast surgeon and an adjunct associate professor of clinical surgery at UCLA and is the director of the Santa Barbara Breast Cancer Institute. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES THRU THE END OF THE SHOW).T.B.A.12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPYOn today's Fresh air -- former Clinton appointee PETER EDELMAN resigned as the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation because of his disapproval of the President's welfare-reform bill. He talks with Terry Gross about his reasons for resigning. Also, DR. SUSAN LOVE, M.D. talks about the estrogen controversy, the symptoms accompanying menopause, and how to make decisions on it all. She has a new book "Dr. Susan Love's Hormone Book" that addresses women's concerns on the subject. That's coming up on Fresh Air.

Private rooms for pumping breast milk and expanded therapy coverage for children with autism are two of the less publicized mandates of the Affordable Care Act. Also, being able to choose your OB-GYN.

The federal government is planning a massive system of floodwalls, pumps and surge barriers for Miami. But it doesn't address the more frequently felt threat from rising sea levels.

The killing sparked violent protests in Jerusalem and Arab Israeli towns throughout Israel — raising fears of another Palestinian uprising. Officials say the autopsy shows the boy was burned alive.

A U.S. District Court judge says he wanted to send a message with his sentencing of Paul Hodgkins. It is the first resolution of a felony case stemming from the insurrection.

Judge Zia Faruqui said Federico Klein's alleged role in the deadly siege, while he was still a government aide, makes him a menace. She said he "was literally directing people" to confront officers.