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Is it a ban or isn't it? Is it constitutional or isn't it? San Diego Proposition A on the June ballot either bans or doesn't ban the city from engaging in project labor agreements on construction projects.

Attorney General Eric Holder dismissed criticism of the Justice Dept. and said the Fast & Furious scandal should not be politicized.

A San Diego group fighting for same sex marriage equality is asking the city attorney to drop trespassing charges against them. They delivered a petition with more than 2,000 signatures Wednesday.

The indictment states two Border Patrol agents grabbed four Mexican men caught smuggling drugs, made them eat their own marijuana and forced them to remove most of their clothing in the cold desert.

The arrests in New Zealand of four people wanted by the U.S. for alleged online piracy raise a number of questions. NPR asks two experts for answers.

In politics, money talks. And money from gay and lesbian donors is talking louder than ever in this election cycle. That's partly a result of President Obama endorsing same-sex marriage, and partly because Republicans are starting to see contributions as well — a huge change from a few decades ago.

The federal government is taking public comment on a rule regarding notification when electronic medical records are breached. The rule says consumers should be notified only if substantial harm has occurred. Critics say that's too high a standard.

The federal government has allocated more than $1 billion to help cash-strapped local health departments hire staff to distribute the H1N1 vaccine. The money has allowed some departments to rehire staff they had recently let go.

A teenager opened fire in his Cleveland-area school Monday morning, killing one student and wounding four others before being caught a short distance away.

Testing of two methane monitors from the Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia has not detected any evidence of tampering, NPR has learned. The methane monitors were removed from the longwall mining machine believed to be a possible ignition source of the April 5 explosion that killed 29 mine workers.