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There are a record number of candidates of South Asian descent running for prominent offices across the country. Most notably is Nikki Haley for governor of South Carolina, and six candidates are running for congressional seats. Commentator Sandip Roy looks at the different ways some of these candidates are expressing their ethnicity.

With intense emotions in her voice, the great singer of fado music became the heart and soul of the Portuguese people.

Zoltan Bakonyi's lawyer said the judge dismissed prosecution demands that he be charged with negligence. The judge said prosecutors couldn't substantiate their argument that Bakonyi, the head of metals company MAL Rt., did not sufficiently prepare emergency warning and rescue plans in case of accidents like the sludge spill.

New federal numbers show the middle class struggling a little more these days. Sue Spencer, a case manager for the elderly in New Hampshire, makes nearly the median income of $49,777. "It's doable in a perfect month," she says. But most months are not perfect.

It's time to get eclectic this Culture Lust Weekend. Between Berlin comedy-rockers Die Roten Punkte, dance parties on San Diego's trolleys and strolling the Adams Avenue Street Fair, you'll have your proverbial plate full.

"Theater of War" Dramatic Readings For San Diego's Military Community

So Wrong It's Right

Tweens and teens go through developmental changes that can be exasperating for parents and can make them feel ineffective. Experts talk about those trying teen years and how parents can learn to cope more effectively while their child moves toward adulthood.

Four U.S. states on the Mexican border will share a troop force of 1,200 for a yearlong deployment to begin Aug. 1. President Obama decided in May to bolster border security. Drug-related violence has escalated in Mexico.

Elena Kagan breezed through similar hearings last year to become solicitor general, but this time Senate Republicans seem intent on questioning her credentials for a lifetime seat on the highest court.