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Next week, San Diego voters will face Proposition N. The $870 million school bond would help the San Diego Community College District pay for new facilities and equipment on its three campuses. Critic

The House of Representatives passes a bill that would expand federal support for embryonic stem cell research. President Bush opposes research involving human embryos and is likely to veto the bill if it reaches his desk. The vote of 238-194 leaves the bill vulnerable to a Bush veto.

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon fought for his life Thursday following seven hours of emergency surgery to stop widespread bleeding in his brain. The massive stroke made it unlikely that he would return to power.

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This second of two reports explores the practice of American farmers using Brazilian soil. The land is a fraction of what it costs in the Midwest, labor is cheap, and the climate hospitable enough to grow crops 12 months a year. But U.S. farmers have other issues to deal with there.

Both the Bush Administration and Congress speak about the need to reform the United Nations. But for the most part, they've called for changes in U.N. management. But they have said little about a plan recently released by Secretary-General Kofi Annan that calls for an expanded the Security Council.

The new Iraqi government is pressing on with the drafting of a new constitution amid renewed insurgent violence. But Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari's efforts to include the Sunni minority in the government have met with scorn from Sunni leaders. Iraqis say a recent raid on the offices of one Sunni organization -- for which no one seems willing to take -- hasn't helped the outreach effort.

Tartan Films has made Asian extreme cinema its specialty and it serves up Mark Duffields

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President Bush announces his choice of federal judge John G. Roberts to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court. Roberts, 50, has served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit since 2003.