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On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that will determine whether Wal-Mart is too big to be sued. The retailer is fighting a class action discrimination lawsuit brought against it by 1.5 million current and former female employees.

Boeing's 787 is launching a new era of international travel at San Diego's Lindbergh Field. But the economy and the cost of fuel will also determine how long the city can rely on its hemmed-in airport.

Serena Frome is more bookworm than spy, but her bosses at MI5 have the perfect mission for her: to cultivate and fund British writers whose politics align with those of the government.

Between Sarah Palin's half-million Twitter followers and President Obama holding a town hall meeting at Facebook headquarters on Wednesday, there's no denying that new media will have a huge impact on the 2012 presidential election — and not necessarily in the ways you would expect.

Questions of the week: Why does DeMaio's calendar matter? Will the Convention Center expansion really be funded? Will Richard Tuite be retried? Will the local lawsuit against California's "conversion therapy" ban prevail?

William Welch was criticized for his oversight of the corruption case against the Alaska senator that ended in collapse. He has told associates he will leave the Department of Justice.

10th Season Kicks Off Thursday

Is civility about to stage a comeback in Washington? Some of the most controversial members of Congress have lost their seats.

The president is always the star of the show. When just about any major event occurs -- whether it's a downturn in the unemployment rate, a natural disaster or some crisis overseas -- much of the news media ask how it's going to play out for the president, the central actor in our national drama.

Barbara Kingsolver's seventh novel addresses global warming and the failings of public education through the story of a Tennessee woman whose thus-far disappointing life changes when 15 million monarch butterflies alight in the woods near her home.