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Eric Holder tells the Senate Judiciary Committee that, if confirmed as attorney general, he would work quickly to remake the embattled Justice Department. He also said he would classify waterboarding as torture and stated his objection to rendition.

Four months ago the U.S. decided that securing Baghdad was the key to securing Iraq. U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a massive effort to bring order and security to the capital. But the push to tame Baghdad hasn't succeeded. Violence continues across the city, with U.S. and Iraqi deaths growing.

This year's San Diego City College International Book Fair adopts the theme Lucha Libro, a play on "lucha libre," or freestyle, Mexican wrestling. We'll find out why and we'll talk about the addition of children and young adult programming to the festival line-up.

In the final part of Morning Edition's series about Shakespeare, co-host Renee Montagne examines the theory that the Earl of Oxford — not the man from Stratford — is actually the bard and author of the world's most famous plays.

There's going to be a new Sheriff in town, and not everyone is happy about it. We discuss the timing of outgoing Sheriff Bill Kolender's retirement, and the politics behind the appointment of new sheriff Bill Gore.

As a librarian and a reader, Nancy Pearl scours the shelves in search of hidden treasures — titles you may have missed. Her findings include two chilling thrillers, one exquisite 1960s memoir, a lively biography of George Orwell, an example of historical fiction at its very best, and much more fiction, nonfiction and poetry.

On a sunny Sunday afternoon, we motley members of the San Diego Press Club convened in the picture perfect quad at San Diego State to honor Lionel Van Deerlin. We weren't there just because the bar was open. Van earned this salute for his in depth reporting of San Diego news for nearly fifty years.

This prompts her wealthy father Tomas Bilbatua (Jose Luis Gomez) to invite Brother Lorenzo to their home where Tomas puts the Brother to The Question. The question in this case being wouldnt anyone confess to anything under torture? Thats one of the films central pointswith distinct reference to whats going on now with Bush's policies. Foreman's film proposes that when tortured, people are likely to confess to anything. And peripheral to that notion are themes involving the dangers of unlimited power and the hypocrisy of those who wield that power.

Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs has waived extradition hearings and will soon be sent to Utah to face charges of rape as an accomplice. His capture had been a priority of state and federal officials trying to stem forced polygamous marriages involving underage girls.

In a closely watched court case in Mississippi, a federal judge rules that a couple cannot collect damages from Hurricane Katrina's storm surge because their insurance policy excludes flood damage. The ruling could set a precedent for thousands of other cases.