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The politicking that sent former San Diego Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham to prison is still going on in the nation's capital. That's what reporter Marcus Stern says about the process of earmarks

How did Randy "Duke" Cunningham go from being a "Top Gun" to one of the most corrupt members of Congress in U.S. History? We speak with Marcus Stern, Dean Calbreath, and George E. Condon Jr. about the

Evan M. O'Dorney is the 2007 champion of the 80th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee. Last night, the 13-year-old beat out 286 champion spellers from around the world by spelling "serrefine," a noun of French origin describing the small forceps used in surgical procedures. O'Dorney, a home-schooled eighth grader from Danville, Calif., won a $35,000 prize, a $5,000 scholarship, and a $2,500 savings bond.

The Nobel Prize-winning writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez returns to his home village, Aracataca, Colombia, to mark his upcoming 80th birthday. It's the 40th anniversary of his masterwork, One Hundred Years of Solitude.

In a reversal, New York City's medical examiner has officially ruled that a woman's death was related to toxic fumes after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Felicia Dunn Jones was working one block from the World Trade Center on the day the towers were destroyed. She died from a lung-related infection several months later.

My mother is an excellent cook. She cooks everything from scratch roast pork with gravy, mashed potatoes, lasagna, black beans with garlic and a hint of chil, apple pie and mile-high chocolate cakes. She also does not believe a meal is complete unless it includes a protein, starch, vegetable and bread, lots of it. When I visit her home I amuse myself by going to the freezer and counting how many varieties she has. I remember once finding a dozen different bags of bread and rolls.

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A Nobel-prize winning scientist says global climate change threatens California's water supply. The lack of snowpack in the state's tallest mountain range could cause a water crisis by the end of the

Michael Moore's documentary about President Bush's war on terror -- Fahrenheit 9/11 -- has won the Palme d'Or, top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. The politically charged film explores the links between the Bush family and Saudi Arabia. Hear NPR's Linda Wertheimer and Los Angeles Times film critic Ken Turan.