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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

Shock jock Don Imus has been removed from his regular slot on cable television. The president of NBC News announced that cable's MSNBC would no longer carry the simulcast of Imus's CBS radio show. The move came after Imus recently made racist comments on-air about the Rutgers women's basketball team.

A year ago, President Obama signed the Serve America Act, which creates volunteer opportunities and triples the size of the AmeriCorps national service program. But the money is just starting to trickle out.

NPR has been sharply criticized for terminating the contract of news analyst Juan Williams for remarks he made about Muslims. Williams appeared on Fox's The O'Reilly Factor Thursday night to respond to NPR's decision. Fox has extended Williams' contract with the network for three years for $2 million.

The San Diego River Park Foundation says it expects to reach a milestone at a river clean-up event Saturday. The group estimates it's removed one million pounds of trash from the San Diego River over the past four years.

Pentagon Tells Recruiters to Accept Gay Applicants, but San Diegans Rejected

Barack Obama collected enough delegates Tuesday to claim the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. The Illinois senator is making history as the first black presumptive presidential nominee of a major party. But Hillary Clinton has yet to concede defeat and says she's open to filling the vice presidential slot on the party's ticket.

No Dice - The Maverick Craps Out

Asian ship mogul Nobu Su has invented a ship that would suck in oily water and separate oil from the water, much like a whale sucks in plankton. The giant oil skimmer, called "A Whale," is almost 400 yards long. Though the Coast Guard has its concerns, the agency let the ship into the Gulf for a trial run early Friday morning.