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The Caped Crusader Gets A Reboot

Facilities and infrastructure weren't maintained to acceptable standards at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and the Pentagon leadership should have known about it, according to an independent review board. Here, a look at some of the group's key findings and recommendations.

A retired Army general who worked closely with Dr. James Peake, President Bush's pick to head the Department of Veteran Affairs, says Peake is a dedicated and hard worker who gets too bogged down in details. That's a problem, given the current state of the VA medical system.

Is a "ghost in the machine" creating an intermittent failure of Toyota's complex electronics? How difficult is it to find and repair such a glitch? How will the next generation of electronics improve on the systems in use today?

A stand-up comedian gets sued over a mother-in law joke; a jury is made to swear it won't "google;" and a cutback in hiring may signal another Supreme Court Justice is about to retire. It's time to talk about some of the most fascinating current legal issues with These Days legal analyst, Dan Eaton.

For Amir, home is Kabul and in the year 2000 it's a bad time to think of returning because the Taliban has taken control of most of his homeland. The Afghan-born Amir now lives in the U.S. where he has just published his first book. The voice from the past belongs to Rahim Kahn, his father's best friend. Actor Shaun Toub (who also starred in

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David Eagleman is a neuroscientist who has imagined multiple versions of the afterlife, and none of them resemble a devil in a big chair surrounded by flames, or pearly gates that greet you when you a

Anne Lamott, author of "Bird by Bird," "Traveling Mercies," and "Operating Instructions," has a new work of fiction. "Imperfect Birds" is the third novel Lamott has written about mother and daughter Elizabeth and Rosie, but this time Rosie is a teenager. The novel explores the anxiety of parenting a teenager, especially one that battles addiction.

Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery in Point Loma can no longer offer full burial services to service men and women, and the closest national cemetery is in Riverside County. A new 313-acre national cemetery near MCAS Miramar will begin burial operations this summer, at the same time construction continues on the first phase of the cemetery-columbarium there, which will be completed in 2011.