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Why did San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders testify in a federal trial examining the constitutionality of the California's same-sex marriage ban? We speak to a staff writer from the San Diego Union-Tribune who covered the story.

Mayor Sanders made national headlines this week for his role in the Prop 8 trial. Sanders said he didn't think it was unusual for a Republican or a police chief to stick up for people who have had their rights taken away. How unusual is it for an elected official to testify in court?

The Supreme Court's landmark campaign finance decision opens the way for almost unlimited campaign spending by unions and corporations. President Obama condemned the ruling, but there may be little he and campaign finance watchdogs can do to counteract it.

The Supreme Court tossed out parts of a campaign finance law that have been around for decades. Businesses and unions now will be able to spend millions of dollars to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress. Truth in advertising is expected to be one result of Thursday's court ruling.

Three energy projects are proposed for an area of southeastern San Diego County and just across the Mexican border. One would send renewable energy from Mexico to a substation in Boulevard.

Jurors begin hearing evidence Friday in the trial of Scott Roeder, charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of a doctor who performed abortions later in pregnancy. The Kansas man has admitted to killing Dr. George Tiller in May, but the case is far from open-and-shut.

The House is not about to pass the Senate's version of the health care overhaul bill. And so far, the idea of scaling back and reaching out to Republicans doesn't seem likely to pay off. So lawmakers are now scrambling for a new strategy after nearly a year of intense work on a massive piece of legislation.

Democrats, who no longer have a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, are weighing the use of a budget rule called reconciliation to pass at least part of the long-debated health overhaul package with a simple majority.

The composer of the Broadway hit "Spring Awakening" premieres his new musical at the Old Globe Theatre. We'll talk about the play "Whisper House" with Tony-award winner Duncan Sheik and writer Kyle Jarrow.