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Growing up in a largely Hispanic neighborhood in the Bronx, Sonia Sotomayor has said, she never saw herself as a minority. But the culture shock of being one of the first Latinas to attend Princeton helped forge her commitment to community service and social justice.

The Pentagon is reportedly considering a number of changes at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, including giving detainees more power to challenge charges against them.

Edgar Millan Gomez, Mexico's acting chief of the federal police, was shot dead outside his home in Mexico City Thursday. Coordinator of anti-drug operations within the Mexican military, he was the third police official killed in the past week.

The National Clandestine Service was created after Sept. 11 to coordinate U.S. spying activity. It's too soon to evaluate whether the changes are working, but territoriality between the Pentagon and the CIA continues to trouble reformers. Observers say it could take five to 10 years to see results.

The Iron Horse at MoPA

Prostitution is sometimes called a victimless crime. But the people who work with young women and men who've been sexually exploited have a very different story to tell. Law enforcement has identified San Diego as an international gateway city for sex trafficking and one of the 13 cities in the nation with the highest incidence of child prostitution.

Tony Perry of the LA Times talks about his recent reporting on the Marine Corps in San Diego, including the boot camp experience at MCRD downtown, the closing of a public shotgun shooting range at MCAS Miramar, and an increase in suicides among Marines..

Historic buildings in the Islamic world are often covered with breathtakingly intricate geometric designs. Both artists and mathematicians have long puzzled over them, wondering how the patterns were created. A new study suggests the artisans worked from templates that drew upon advanced math principles.

President Obama is expected to announce next week his plan to overhaul the nation's dysfunctional financial system. One financial expert predicts tweaking, rather than sweeping change, this year in the face of strong opposition from the financial sector.

Death at a Funeral