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Democratic candidates Sen. Barack Obama, John Edwards, and Gov. Bill Richardson withdrew from Michigan's Jan. 15 presidential primary. Sen. Joe Biden says he too will bypass it because it broke Democratic National Committee rules when it moved its primary ahead of Feb. 5.

As the Republican National Convention begins near ground zero, its message will promote President Bush as a strong leader in the war on terrorism. Despite the GOP's conservative platform, featured speaking slots will be filled by the party's more moderate voices. Hear NPR's Juan Williams.

An immigration audit of employees at Escondido Disposal,Inc., found that a quarter of the Edco workforce did not have proper documentation; a major ruling in a legal battle over religious classroom banners in a Rancho Penasquitos high school; and fallout including lawsuits and damage claims, from the recent blackout.

Cho-Liang Lin is celebrating his 10th anniversary as music director of the La Jolla Music Society's SummerFest concert series, which runs throughout the month of August. We'll talk to Jimmy Lin about the highlights of one of San Diego's premiere chamber music festivals.

In The Long Road to Antietam, historian Richard Slotkin traces how both Northern and Southern strategies changed in the summer of 1862, when both sides committed to an all-out total war, and Lincoln squared off against Gen. George McClellan.

Three times since September, SDSU has been given increased enrollment targets from the CSU system for this academic year. The current target is 27,999 full time students. The increase will happen in the spring semester. We find out how SDSU plans to get more than 6,000 new students here, where they will come from and what affect this may have on the graduation rate.

A woman who most recently headed the FBI's Intelligence Division in Los Angeles today assumed the job of special agent in charge of the bureau's San Diego field office.

Will two recent acquisitions provide some needed pop to the Padres lineup? How will the holdouts of Shawne Merriman, Vincent Jackson and Marcus McNeill impact Chargers' training camp? We speak to Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton about the latest with the Padres, Chargers, and SDSU Aztecs' football team.

Should reporters be able to protect their confidential sources? Since Watergate, how has the use of confidential sources changed? How did the White House use the media to make a case for going to wa

Even as cities and states pass anti-smoking laws, tobacco users have always had at least one last venue for their vice: the casino. But the smoke-filled gambling den could make its final retreat Friday in New Jersey as Atlantic City's city council votes on whether to clear the air.