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Call it a very bad case of the summer doldrums. Just as the U.S. emerges from one of the worst recessions in decades, there are signs the economy is once again losing steam. That was all too clear with the release of the June unemployment report Friday, which said private sector job growth remains anemic. And that wasn't the only bit of bad news this week.

Rapper Amir Elkhalifa, better known as Oddisee, grew up in Prince George's County, Md., the wealthiest majority black county in the U.S. Not long ago, his suburban roots might have been considered a strike against his legitimacy in hip-hop. But Oddisee says it's not an issue now thanks to rapper-producers like Kanye West and Pharrell.

In between arguing about the commerce clause and explaining the meaning of interlocutory appeal, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan delivered some very funny lines over 17 hours in a Senate hearing room.

Each year, thousands of baby sea turtles scramble from their nests in the Florida Panhandle's sandy beaches and Alabama coasts into the water. As the oil spill coats Gulf Coast beaches, rescuers are hatching a daring plan to save as many as 70,000 sea turtle eggs from the disaster.

It's the end of the road for City Councilman Carl DeMaio's managed competition measure, now the mayor's office is considering a proposal to raise the local sales tax by half a cent. We discuss the latest developments coming out of city hall.

Ghana would have been the first African team in the World Cup semi-finals.

We discuss whether California needs to enact stricter correction and incarceration guidelines for sex offenders.

A state appellate court on Friday sided with the Schwarzenegger administration in its attempt to temporarily impose the federal minimum wage on tens of thousands of state workers.

M. Night May Not Survive This One

Will Chelsea's Law help to protect society from sex offenders, or will it make the state's prisons more overcrowded? We discuss the latest changes to the proposed law, and the long-term affects it could have on California.