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The Pentagon is inviting soldiers wounded in Iraq to job fairs around the country where they can look for employers who will accommodate their disabilities. It's part of a program called Hiring Heroes.

The Al Jazeera English news channel will begin airing Wednesday. But it remains to be seen how many Americans will -- or can -- tune in to the channel, which has hired well-known journalists from the BBC, CNN and ABC News. America's cable providers have shunned the Qatar-based network's first English-language offering.

Second time is the charm for Republican state Senator Abel Maldonado. After months of delays, the state Senate finally confirmed Maldonado to fill the vacant post of lieutenant governor for the remainder of the year. We speak to John Myers about the politics behind Maldonado's nomination, and about the latest news on the governor's race.

Republican gubernatorial candidates Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner discuss their qualifications to run California in a statewide debate hosted by the California Report.

One decade ago, Brandi Chastain was showing her sports bra to 40 million TV viewers in the Women's World Cup Final. Today, women's professional soccer players are kicking off on Wednesday afternoons for crowds of 4,000. Why has the following for women's soccer decreased? We speak to Union-Tribune Sports Reporter Mark Zeigler about the rise and fall of women's soccer in the United States, and Cal Poly Pomona Sociology Professor Faye Wachs about what it means for female athletics in general.

Phone giant AT&T is buying BellSouth, another large phone company. The two are already partners in the Cingular Wireless cell phone company. If the $67-billion deal is approved by the government, it would reunite much of the old Bell phone network.