Senate leaders are being pressured to pass a flood insurance bill before the program expires at the start of hurricane season -- and before a stormy election campaign takes the political center stage. A diverse group of environmentalists, libertarians and insurers joined Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and David Vitter (R-La.) yesterday to showcase the five-year flood bill as a rare bipartisan compromise that can help both the economy and the environment. The National Flood Insurance Program will expire on May 31 without an extension. Go to story #1

Beth Domingo watched in wonder as contractors uncovered the flaws in her four-bedroom suburban Maryland home. After living there for 18 years, she thought she knew it inside and out, but she was wrong. "There were all these little holes," she remembers. Go to story #2