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Bob Dudley, a BP executive from Mississippi, has been picked to replace CEO Tony Hayward as the face of the company's efforts to clean up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Dudley, who has spent much of his career abroad, has a relaxed style -- and nowhere to go but up.

The San Diego City Council made two decisions this week that could affect the future of downtown. The council agreed to create a "quiet zone" to limit train noise, and approved a $500,000 study on blight in the downtown area. Plus, a cost estimate for the new city hall was released.

Bill Kowba, acting superintendent, was chosen as the finalist to lead California's second-largest school district. We discuss the greatest challenge the district faces now.

No one is credibly predicting that Elena Kagan's careful route to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court will be derailed. But a midterm election is looming, and neither party is about to let the political -- and fundraising -- opportunity of three days of televised Capitol Hill give-and-take go unmined.

Thousands of soldiers and police are being deployed in a city better known as the Mexico headquarters of multinational companies like Whirlpool and Hershey's. Monterrey's peaceful, hard-working image has been shattered over the past few months as rival cartels fight for control of the city.

The current debate in Congress over government spending harkens back to the pressures faced by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1937. When FDR tried to balance the books that year, unemployment almost doubled.

The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that signing a petition does not count as speech protected from disclosure, although there may be exceptions. The case was brought by signers of a petition who feared harassment. The petition sought to repeal Washington state's recently expanded domestic partnership rights.

If confirmed, Elena Kagan would be the third woman on the current Supreme Court. A discussion about the influence of women in the court has emerged on everything from sex discrimination cases to the justices' marital statuses.

Just back from a performance at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Tennessee, local band Joel P. West and the Tree Ring perform in the These Days studio and talk about their music. We have video!

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is the worst spill in U.S. history. We'll examine the economic and environmental impact for California and San Diego, and whether the disaster is big enough to force a change in consumer behavior.