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More than a dozen new laws have passed this year restricting abortion. In many states, the terms of the debate have changed to the fetus itself -- with requirements for ultrasounds or restrictions based on "fetal pain." Several of the new laws will face challenges in court.

Larry King announced Tuesday that he's leaving his prime-time slot on CNN. His show was losing viewers at an alarming rate, as CNN itself has lost a lot of audience share to its cable news rivals. Now the network will try to find a fresh approach to its prime-time lineup.

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In a 7-0 ruling, the court found a 2006 constitutional amendment banning gay marriage and civil unions was properly put to voters in a statewide referendum. The court rejected a lawsuit claiming the amendment violated a rule that limits referendum questions to a single subject, saying both gay marriage and civil unions related to marriage status.

After weeks of up to four World Cup matches a day, the players and fans are catching their breath before the quarterfinals begin on Friday. Mark Starr, a columnist for GlobalPost, brings us up to date on who's still standing and what the big upsets have been so far.

Iraqis look to television for political information more than any other medum, but at the same time don't trust what they see, new studies show. There are no neutral outlets. Broadcasts are funded by ethnic political parties, Islamists, business interests and the government.

The Troubled Asset Relief Program, which was created under President George W. Bush, is about to end. And many Republicans who voted to pass the Wall Street bailout in the fall of 2008 are now accused of being big-government supporters.

Hundreds of supporters of a single-payer health care system came to the state capitol on Tuesday. Their showing helped pass a single payer plan out of committee.

On April 1, 1988, Deborah Luster's mother was murdered in her bed by a contract killer who came in through her kitchen window, walked down her hall and shot her five times in the head. Luster, who was 37 at the time of the murder, says she was able to "dig out" of the "mess" she found herself in by photographing prisoners.

In the early years of the AIDS epidemic, volunteers at a San Diego food pantry noticed that some of it's clients, sick with the AIDS virus became too sick to pick up their food. The idea for Mama's Kitchen was born in 1990, and since then the organization has served more than 5 million meals. We talk to Alberto Cortés about the history of the organization and its mission to address nutritional needs of people living with AIDS or cancer.