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Six years ago, Michelle Witmer of the 32nd M.P. Company in Baghdad became the first female National Guardsman killed while serving in Iraq. Now John Witmer has written Sisters in Arms about his daughter's death, his instinct to get his other daughters home, and women in the military.

The Church of Scientology has hired two big names in journalism to investigate coverage in the St. Petersburg Times critical of the secretive religion. As newsrooms downsize, will we see more cases in which the target of a newspaper investigation pays reporters to turn the tables?

The technology that lets you instantly download new books to your Kindle, iPad and other e-reader devices can also tell manufacturers whether you stopped reading on Page 45. "Ultimately, this sort of thing scares the hell out of me," author Stephen King says. Privacy advocates are also worried.

State School Superintendent Jack O'Connell reviews the latest results of the California physical fitness test which show that less than 30 percent of the state's students achieved fitness standards fo

For the second time this year a European weather girl is the fulcrum of an odd romantic triangle. First we had Claude Chabrol's "A Girl Cut in Two" and now we have Anne Fontaine's "The Girl From Monaco" (opening July 3 at Landmark's Hillcrest Cinemas). Both films have a vivacious blond weather girl placed between an older and a younger man, and both comment on class and involve a murder.

It's fun and easy to use the Web to let friends know that you're having a great time out on the town or away on vacation. But privacy experts say it's worth thinking about how easily that information can be turned against you by criminals.

President-elect Obama formally announced the members of his energy and environment teams Monday, making good on promises to focus on global warming with the appointment of a strong slate of candidates that includes Nobel laureate Steven Chu.

For many children with autism, grandparents play a key role in their care. According to a survey of 2,600 grandparents, many contributed their retirement savings toward care or even relocated to be closer to their grandchild. And 30 percent of the grandparents surveyed were the first to notice the child's developmental problems.

He may be best known as the crusty newsroom editor Lou Grant from the old Mary Tyler Moore show, but these days he's acting more presidential. Ed Asner is currently touring the country in a one-man show called "FDR." We talk with him about playing presidential and his voice work for the recent Pixar hit movie "Up."

The family of a man who died after federal agents shot him with a stun gun at the San Ysidro border crossing said they will file a civil lawsuit claiming wrongful death. An attorney representing the family of Anastasio Hernandez said the emergence of an eyewitness video raises a lot of questions.