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Rhiannon O'Donnabhain, a transgender woman, is suing the IRS for the right to claim her sex-change operation as a medical deduction on her income taxes. But the IRS says the surgery was essentially cosmetic and not allowed under tax law.

Southern California is in the midst of one of the driest years in history and a tiny fish called the delta smelt, facing extinction, could change San Diego County’s landscape forever. KPBS explores

We take a look at specific challenges that war veterans face as they try and find normalcy after leaving Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.

Envision San Diego & KPBS Special Report

The White House says it will delay new passport requirements for Americans who enter the country by land or sea, from Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. The rules were supposed to take effect in January, but now passports will not be required until later in 2008.

The Bush administration will soon announce its plans for enforcing a new requirement that all Americans show a passport when crossing the border by land from Canada and Mexico. The administration is trying to defuse congressional efforts to delay the passport rule until 2009, after a similar one for air travel caused major delays at passport offices.

Dan Brown's latest book "The Lost Symbol" is flying off the shelves and Oprah has picked a new book-club book. Things are looking up for the publishing industry, especially since this fall promises books from some of the leading fiction and non-fiction writers working today. We'll preview the fall season and recommend some books that you can read right now.

The 16th San Diego Latino Film Festival kicked off last night with films, music, and a gala party. Now we can get down to the business of seeing films. Here are a few suggestions for what you might want to seek out and mini-reviews of some of the films that I had a chance to screen in advance. All films are at the UltraStar Mission Valley Theaters at Hazard Center.

Talk of the Nation asked friends and colleagues at NPR to remind us of some of the remarkable men and women who died in 2009. The staff responded with personal stories about the people who inspired them — people like Kim Peek, "The Real Rain Man," and centenarian Ann Nixon Cooper, who was mentioned during Barack Obama's election speech. But there were others who've touched our lives who weren't famous at all.

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