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Voters in the county’s second-largest city placed incumbent mayor Steve Padilla in a distant second place behind Chula Vista School Board member Cheryl Cox in a June primary. Reporter Amita Sharma ex

Greg Reyes, the former CEO of Brocade Communications, has been charged, along with two others, in a stock-options backdating scheme. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the charges Thursday. They are the first in a stock-options scandal that is said to involve dozens of U.S. companies.

Don Gonyea is traveling with President Bush and talks to Steve Inskeep about the nuclear agreement between the U.S. and India, and the president's visit to a shrine honoring Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi.

Morgan Spurlock says he's watched a lot of movies in his lifetime and if he's learned one thing from all those action flicks, it's that a lone American can save the world. Forget the fact that the CIA, the FBI and the U.S. military have all failed to find the world's most wanted man. After taking on the McDonald's franchise, Spurlock now feels he's ready to take on Al Qaeda.. But wait... first he needs to take some self-defense classes, get vaccinated for all sorts of diseases, and figure out a travel schedule that will take him all over the Middle East. Spurlock also wants to learn where Bin Laden came from, and the environment and influences that shaped him into who and what he is today.

Cassandra's Dream focuses on two brothers: Ian (Ewan McGregor) and Terry (Colin Farrell). Ian's a rather dutiful son who works at the family's floundering restaurant to help out his sick dad. He keeps multiple schemes on the side, though, for the day he gets up the nerve to quit the restaurant. Terry, on the other, doesn't seem to have any plans at all. He works as a mechanic, lives day to day, and lets his fortunes ride on how well he does at the track or the tables.

Statistics compiled by the Iraqi government and the medical community say that 6,000 people were killed in May and June -- civilians who were victims of spiraling sectarian attacks. The statistics were released by the United Nations.

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Palestinian women are moving to the forefront of activism and even taking part in regional violence. In male-dominated Palestinian society, the increased participation marks a significant change.

The mayor of Caracas, Venezuela, is considering acquiring two golf courses to use as land for housing. The goal is to provide better living arrangements for the city's poor.

Baghdad awakes Sunday to a third consecutive day under curfew. Iraqi authorities are trying to contain violence after Wednesday's attack on a sacred Shiite shrine. The curfew is meant to end Monday morning, but Iraqi officials say they may extend it for another day.