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A conversation with Army Spec. Mark Wilkerson, who will be sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to leaving his Army unit. Wilkerson went AWOL rather than return to Iraq, then turned himself in last fall.

The House votes to increase the minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 over the next three years. The increase was part of a complicated and much debated package that includes a big cut in the estate tax and pension law changes.

A few of weeks ago,

The San Diego City Council is weighing in today on a comprehensive plan to both recruit and retain police officers. The city faces a crisis as more cops are quitting. KPBS Radio's Andrew Phelps has mo

Author Richard Haass talks about his op-ed that appeared in Saturday's edition of Lebanon's The Daily Star. He says that to effectively fight terrorists, the United States must first abandon the metaphor of a "war on terrorism."

Within weeks after Sept. 11, such terms as "jihadist" and "war on terror" entered the American English lexicon. Understanding the political impact of that language may shed light on some of the geopolitical fractures that have come to define the early 21st century.

A federal trial begins Monday in Harrisburg, Pa., over a Dover school district disclaimer that introduces the idea of "intelligent design" in high school biology classes. It is the first major test of the issue in a federal court.

The extent of cuts which will have to be made to programs and personnel in city and county schools are coming into focus, as new information on state cuts and school enrollment comes in.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has a new leader in Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, whom the bishops elected as their president Tuesday. But critics say that George ignored complaints that a priest in his own archdiocese was abusing boys.

I found that peculiar, says Hatcher who came to San Diego earlier this month to promote his film, then I realized that was the time that was when women were finally allowed to play women and Kynaston was out of a job. I thought this could be a good story about a man whos caught in a huge cultural sea change and whose identity is turned upside down because the one thing he does really well, the one thing that he identifies himself by, is taken away from him.