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A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was killed and another wounded while driving through northern Mexico Tuesday, in a rare attack on American officials in this country which is fighting powerful drug cartels.

The human and financial costs of Mexico's drug war, diplomatic cable leaks, the influx of U.S. arms and a wave of anti-immigration initiatives in the United States are all taking a toll on Mexico-U.S. relations that had shown steady improvement in recent years.

Jeff Parker's new book is Iron River, a crime novel where the action is on the California/Mexican border, where the vicious drug cartels hook up with gun runners and the mayhem becomes increasingly scary.

Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) formally suspended her presidential campaign Saturday and encouraged her supporters to join her in helping elect Illinois Sen. Barack Obama in November. At Clinton's farewell speech, reaction among her supporters was mixed.

Like countless beauticians across the country, Ana La Bella has had the hair swept from the floor of her salon, wrapped in plastic bags and shipped off to help contain the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Sen. Edward Kennedy called revamping health care "the cause of my life." Many on Capitol Hill now wonder whether his death will breathe new life into efforts to pass a health care overhaul or force a truce in the debate's heated rhetoric. Others doubt it.

The news of Mexico's bloody cartel war is reflected in a controversial folk-music genre called narcocorridos, or drug ballads. They're like journalism put to song — telling stories of drug lords, arrests, shootouts, daring operations and betrayals. But, like the cartel war itself, writing corridos about drug traffickers can be risky business.

San Diego Loses a Critical Voice

Questions submitted to the popular video Web site shake up the usual campaign debate. The questions, most of them coming from young people, are blunt and earnest, and sometimes bizarre.

This weekend, we'll talk food and music in San Diego. If you want to dine at the latest hot spot or see some live live music, we have a Weekend Preview for you.