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Larry King announced Tuesday that he's leaving his prime-time slot on CNN. His show was losing viewers at an alarming rate, as CNN itself has lost a lot of audience share to its cable news rivals. Now the network will try to find a fresh approach to its prime-time lineup.

Yo ho, yo ho a pirate's life for me part three. That's right Jack Sparrow and company are back in theaters for the third and supposedly last installment of the Disneyland ride-turned-movie

President Obama's visit Wednesday to a solar cell factory in California is part of a broader push to promote alternative forms of energy. But in the wake of the massive Gulf oil spill, some observers say Obama is missing an opportunity for even stronger action.

The race is on to define Pennsylvania Democrat Joe Sestak and Kentucky Republican Rand Paul, two previously little-known politicians who both toppled party-endorsed opponents and whose victories are being viewed as a window into the souls of the disgruntled American voter.

There have always been films that the studios have chosen not to screen for critics; the reason usually being that studios feared they had a dud on their hands and wanted to avoid bad reviews on opening g weekend. But in the past few weeks we've had more than the usual amount on no-can-see pictures.

Industry lobbyists and environmentalists say major ecological damage along the Gulf Coast from last week's oil rig blast could jeopardize President Obama's recent proposal to expand offshore drilling. About two-thirds of Americans support the idea of allowing more offshore drilling.

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has said he is leaving the Republican Party to run for the U.S. Senate as an independent. Crist is badly trailing Tea Party favorite Marco Rubio in the Aug. 24 GOP primary.

The photographer captured some of the most enduring images of the Great Depression. Linda Gordon, author of Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits, says Lange had the power to draw people out, but she herself was very private.

La Vie En Rose

Science writer Barbara Strauch set out to explain why our brains falter in middle age, and wound up writing a book about how they can flourish. Scientists tell us that as we careen through middle age, our brains do slow down. We have trouble retrieving names, or we get easily distracted. But the news is nowhere as bad as we might think.