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A study by a University of California employee union shows a big gap between the lowest and highest-paid workers in the UC system compared to the state's other public colleges. KPBS Reporter Ed Joyce

San Diego mayor Jerry Sanders wants to put two initiatives on the November ballot that would change the city's labor laws. KPBS reporter Alison St John has more.

Judge John G. Roberts, President Bush's choice to be a Supreme Court justice, has friends in both parties. His reputation as a bright, questioning lawyer comes with a solid standing as a conservative.

Two infected airline passengers may have helped spread mumps from Iowa to several other Midwestern states, health officials say. The epidemic -- Iowa may have as many as 600 cases -- is a new example of how quickly diseases can spread through air travel. The outbreak is the largest in 18 years.

State of the City

Gunmen assassinate a top aide to Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari in Baghdad. But despite such attacks, Iraq's leaders forge ahead with forming a government and drafting a constitution. Over the weekend, Sunnis formed a new political alliance, and a Shiite cleric moved to ease sectarian violence.

President Bush has surprised skeptics by proposing dramatically tougher fuel economy standards for cars and trucks. Starting in 2010, gas mileage would have to improve by 4 percent each year — in most cases, that's a one-mile-per-gallon increase every year.

A Harvard Institute of Politics study concludes that nearly one-third of 18- to 24-year-olds plan on voting in the upcoming midterm elections. That could mean the highest turnout for the age group in any midterm election in the last 20 years. Robert Siegel talks to IOP Director Jeanne Shaheen.

The city of Oceanside held a meeting last night to mobilize community groups against gang violence. Oceanside has at least 12 gangs with more than a thousand documented members. KPBS reporter Alison

A new experimental treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, involves doses of the popular party drug ecstasy. Tom Shroder recently wrote about the treatment in the Washington Post Magazine. Shroder is joined by Dr. Michael Mithoefer, who performed the experiment.