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Entertainers CHRIS and BOB ELLIOTT. Bob has entertained generations as half of the legendary comedy team of Bob and Ray. His son Chris was a writer and performer for "Late Night with David Letterman," creating such characters as the Panicky Guy, and the Fugitive Guy. The two of them starred in the Fox comedy, "Get A Life." Together, the two wrote a memoir, Daddy's Boy: A Son's Shocking Account of Life with a Famous Father. Chris Elliott was a member of the "Saturday Night Live" team this past year. (REBROADCAST from 6/7/89)Writer BENJAMIN CHEEVER. He's the son of the late novelist and short story master JOHN CHEEVER, and he collected and edited a collection of his father's letters. The letters tracked the elder Cheever's secret bisexuality. Later Benjamin wrote two novels, The Plagiarist, and The Partisan. (REBROADCAST from 11/

ERIC LOMAX was captured by the Japanese during World War II. He was used as forced labor to help build the Burma-Siam railroad. He was also tortured by the Japanese. He has reconciled with the Japanese intepreter present during his beatings. His book The Railway Man: A P.O.W.'s Searing Account of War, Brutality and Forgiveness (W.W. Norton & Company 1995,) chronicles his story from WWII and his life 50 years later. The BBC is expected to make a movie from his book "Railway Man." And Ballentine will release "Railway Man" out on paperback this month.

President Bush says he will make Karl Rove and former counsel Harriet Miers available to testify — but not under oath — about the firing of eight U.S. attorneys. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and others on the Judiciary Committee respond that the rules won't bring true accountability to the process.

In addition to surveillance video, police say an "examination of [Joseph Michael Schreiber's] social media account also shows multiple anti-Islamic posts and comments."

Also: Documents hint that very few people enrolled in health care exchanges in the first two days after they opened; the Senate blocks two of Obama's nominees; the government eases a rule on flexible spending accounts; and police nab a wallaby frolicking in a London cemetery.

Facebook sent a note to all its users that the @facebook.com email service is going away. It will reroute any facebook.com email to the default address associated with user accounts.

Devon Gluck wanted $40 from the ATM but instead, he got $1,800. Ten days later, he decided to return the money, which apparently had come out of another student's account.

Officials say it's difficult to account for shifts caused by factors related to the holidays and separate them from the trends more closely linked to the economy's underlying strengths and weaknesses.

Though 40 million credit and debt accounts may have been affected, Target says the hackers should not be able to decrypt sensitive information they obtained.

The Justice Department will look into the Chicago Police Department's use of force and the accountability within the department of officers who use excessive force.

The State Board of Education has suspended its funding to Alexis Rainbow Arts Academy until it has provided the board with a variety of records and…

Over the last year, the Instagram account has become a destination for users looking to escape through celebrity gossip.