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Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is the new GOP minority leader. Melissa Block talks with McConnell about how his party will adjust to being the minority party. McConnell says that because the Senate's margin is only 51-49, the Republicans can still wield power in shaping legislation.

The American Red Cross unveils a series of corporate-governance changes, responding to stinging criticism about how the agency dealt with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The changes include cutting the size of the board by more than half and explicitly delegating responsibility for day-to-day operations to the Red Cross' full-time professional management.

whatever! Sofia Coppolas valley girl take on the life of the famous French queen is an easy target for parody but her

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South Dakotans will vote next month on a proposed state constitutional amendment that would strip judges, jurors, and other state officials, of their immunity from lawsuits for their official actions. The proposal has alarmed not only judges, but also large swathes of South Dakota society.

opens with Rosie (Emilia Fox), a lovely and pregnant young woman, traveling on a train and dreaming about a beautiful country home. But at the station shes arrested for having the bodies of her husband and his lover stashed in her trunk. Jump to 43 years later. Rosie has just been released from prison and shes rechristened herself Grace (now played by Maggie Smith). She arrives as the new housekeeper at the home of a Reverend Walter Goodfellow (Rowan Atkinson of

California's prisons are so overcrowded that inmates are released every day to make room for new ones. Statewide, seven out of 10 of these parolees wind up back behind bars. One San Diego nonprofit is

It's late Thursday night at the UltraStar Mission Valley Cinemas.

Researchers in San Diego say job training for ex-cons could relieve overcrowding in state prisons because it keeps parolees from returning to jail. A recent Cal State San Marcos study finds a local wo

Expect a heated debate this week as California lawmakers begin their examination of the Governor's proposal to expand the state prison system. From Sacramento Jenny O'Mara has more.