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The U.S. Border Patrol on Tuesday unveiled its first national strategy in eight years, a period in which the number of agents more than doubled and apprehensions of people entering illegally from Mexico dropped to a 40-year low.

Stories like Jim Stanek's are common and quickly multiplying: An Iraqi war veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, he says his life was saved by a dog that gave him the confidence to do seemingly simple things, like go out to dinner and look his wife in the eye rather than watch his own back.

Howard Audsley has been driving through Missouri for the past 30 years to assess the value of farmland. Barreling down the flat roads of Saline County on a recent day, he stopped his truck at a 160-acre tract of newly tilled black land. The land sold in February for $10,700per acre, double what it would have gone for five years ago.

Airs Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

Endeavour, the baby of NASA's fleet, roared off the launchpad at Florida's Kennedy Space Center for its final mission in 19 years of service. Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the wife of mission commander Mark Kelly, was among the tens of thousands who gathered to watch.

Susan Isaacs' latest novel revolves around Gloria Garrison, a 79-year-old CEO with a multimillion-dollar makeover business. Isaacs says her female characters don't need to be likable, but they should "fight for something beyond themselves."

By 2020 an estimated 4 million licensed California drivers will be over the age of 65. A team of experts from UCSD are working on a program to identify and assist older drivers who may be at risk for a crash due to age-related health problems. We'll hear details of the driver screening and find out simple things seniors can do to improve their ability to drive safely.

Consider it the most extreme hands-free call you can make.

Among the candidates President Obama may nominate for the next defense secretary is Michele Flournoy, formerly the highest-ranking woman in the Pentagon.

Pope Benedict XVI said Monday he lacks the strength to fulfill his duties and on Feb. 28 will become the first pontiff in 600 years to resign.