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Veterans' families have a new option for where to bury their loved ones. The new National Cemetery at Miramar is conducting funerals, even before construction on the facility is finished.

Why are the Padres playing so poorly this season? What impact has outgoing SDSU President Stephen Weber had on the Aztecs' athletic program? And, which team has the best chance of winning the NBA Finals? We speak to North County Times Sports Columnist Jay Paris.

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Five days after a massive tornado struck their town and killed at least 126 people, Joplin authorities and residents are still hopeful of finding survivors amid the rubble.

Ted Kaczynski, better known as the Unabomber, gained notoriety as one of the country's first modern-day terrorists — one who eluded capture for 18 years. Now, the federal government is auctioning off his possessions online. The sale has prompted a debate over the ethics of awarding further celebrity to criminals.

After 25 years on the air, Oprah Winfrey, the queen of daytime television, brings her show to an end Wednesday. Chicago will miss its iconic talk show host; Winfrey brought the city plenty of attention — and money — over the years.

In 1958, a young Nancy D'Alesandro watched a high school friend pull a debate topic out of a bowl. The question: "Do women think?" Now, the person who achieved the highest political rank for a woman in American history reflects on how far she's come — and the attacks that seem more focused on her appearance and her ambition, rather than her ideas.

Nearly two years after the recession ended, the pace of construction is inching along at less than half the level considered healthy. Housing starts fell 10.6 percent in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 523,000, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. And fewer new homes mean fewer jobs.

Even away from the spotlight, lots of married men stray. But people in public life have a combination of opportunity and sense of self-worth that may make them especially likely to dally.

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