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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to USA Today's Susan Page about the Jan. 6 committee report, the federal budget deal, and Nancy Pelosi's final days as House speaker.

The brunt of the storm largely missed New Orleans this time around. As Hurricane Gustav was losing steam, people who stayed behind as others evacuated surveyed the damage.

A mix of sun and clouds and breezy today. Highs in the upper 20s.

Cloudy with showers and possibly a thunderstorm today. Highs in the mid 60s.

It's the first disclosure of prices in the nation's most populous state for individual health insurance that complies with the Affordable Care Act. The menu of affordable options surprised some consumer advocates and analysts who had been expecting premiums to be much higher.

Polling shows that many Americans aren't quite sure how the Affordable Care Act will affect them, and it may be even more confusing for immigrants and people who don't speak English as their first language. Illinois has a large immigrant population, and the state has been working to resolve language barriers as it gets ready to launch its insurance marketplace.

Latinos are three times as likely to be uninsured than white Minnesota residents, making them a key demographic for the state's new online health insurance marketplace. Health workers hope to encourage questions and provide answers by heading out onto the streets — and even into hair salons.

Where have the insurance marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act struggled the most? The answer lies in commerce, not politics.

The health law's ban on pre-existing conditions doesn't mean you can buy a plan after you get sick. Most people have to wait for the open enrollment period.

Journalist Scott Carney figures he's worth about $250,000. That's what Carney thinks his body would fetch if it were broken down into individual parts and sold. In Red Market, Carney explores the shadowy but lucrative global marketplace for human body parts.