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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently declared that California is in a drought, and water rationing could be in our future. Also, the state's budget debate carries on. What's at stake in the budge

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During husband President George W. Bush's second term, first lady Laura Bush has become a more public figure on Afghanistan, Myanmar and other foreign policy matters. She has become an asset abroad for an otherwise unpopular administration.

In Zimbabwe, authorities have detained the nation's two top opposition leaders just two weeks before the crucial run-off presidential vote. President Robert Mugabe's government is accused by opposition, church and human rights leaders of unleashing a campaign of violence and fear to stop his opponents from voting.

Barack Obama's presidential campaign said Wednesday that Jim Johnson, the head of Obama's vice-presidential selection team, resigned. Presumptive GOP presidential nominee John McCain has said Johnson was the type of Washington insider the Illinois senator promised to campaign against.

With the unemployment rate rising to 5.5 percent in May, Congress tried to pass a bill extending unemployment benefits Wednesday. But the measure failed under expedited procedures. Democratic leaders say they will try again Thursday under regular rules.

During apartheid, the white minority government deliberately undereducated blacks to keep them subservient. Fourteen years later, education hasn't improved much for South Africa's black students.

Children in a Nairobi orphanage have a new, safer home, but memories of Kenya's post-election violence remain fresh. "I worry about their nightmarish dreams, about the residue of hatred that will remain in their young minds," commentator Pius Kamau says.

San Diego Supervisor Ron Roberts says he’s ready to put a parcel tax on the November ballot to pay for more fire protection in the County. KPBS reporter Alison St John has more.

Blackwater Worldwide may have succeeded in opening its Navy training center in Otay Mesa, but it has not succeeded in quieting its critics. More than 100 opponents turned up for a protest Wednesday. K