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A batch of internal documents recently leaked to The Guardian has revealed new insights into the goals and finances of the secretive group called ALEC, or the American Legislative Exchange Council, which brings together state legislators and representatives of corporations.

Airs Sunday, June 26, 2011 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV

William Castle Returns From the Dead

Fifty albums for a heavier-than-average year, selected by NPR Music's staff and member station partners. These are the albums we held close in 2014 and the ones we want to share.

A cool ladies' man with a shaved head, Jimmy Van Heusen was one of America's greatest popular composers. He wrote "Darn That Dream," "Swinging on a Star," "All the Way," "High Hopes," "Here's That Rainy Day," "Come Fly With Me" and more.

Monday is the last day to register to vote for the June 5 election. More Democrats than Republicans are registered to vote in San Diego County, but the margin is narrow.

After more than a decade busting corruption, Patrick Fitzgerald is stepping down. The federal prosecutor, known as "Eliot Ness with a Harvard degree," went after the Gambino crime family, al-Qaida and even the White House — not to mention two former Illinois governors who are now in jail.

The two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing killed an MIT police officer and hurled explosives at police in a car chase and gun battle overnight that left one of them dead and his brother on the loose, authorities said Friday as thousands of officers swarmed the streets in a manhunt that all but paralyzed the Boston area.

Is Nathan Fletcher willing to break from party ranks because he values compromise or is he voting to secure his political future?

The Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games is on Friday, and the USS Midway Museum has plans to celebrate.