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Part of the funds distributed by a Utah foundation established by Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt and his family is used to pay the rent for students living in Leavitt-owned apartments. The foundation is under fire for giving away little money -- but securing substantial tax advantages for Leavitt's family.

, for better or worse, brought a sense of visual flair to TV in the eighties. The show served up gorgeous night shots, brought in an MTV influenced use of pop music, and dressed its stars in fashion setting soft pastels. It taught cops shows what it meant to have your colors done. If you check out the old episodes now, most of them seem badly dated, but every now and then there's a show where everything comes together with dazzling slickness. Mann followed the series with another and grittier cop show,

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This weekend, the Democratic Republic of Congo holds its first free elections in 46 years. Ed Gordon talks with election monitor Colin Stewart, co-director of the Carter Center's Democratic Republic of Congo field office, in Kinshasa.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair visits the U.S. for talks with President Bush. The U.S.-U.K. relationship is once again under the microscope in the midst of the Israel-Lebanon crisis. Don Gonyea talks to John Prideaux, of the Economist, about criticism in the U.K. that Blair is too close to Bush.

An immigrants' rights activist who initially condemned the City of Vista's new day labor ordinance has changed her tune. Tina Jillings says the ordinance actually benefits workers. KPBS Reporter Amy I

A day after world leaders' meeting in Rome called for "restraint," there are no signs that the Israel-Lebanon conflict is abating.

Nouri al-Maliki carries the weight of Iraq on his shoulders. In the capital, Baghdad, 100 people are killed in sectarian violence daily. A three-year-old insurgency threatens the stability of his country. And the Bush administration is relying on him to steer Iraq on a smooth course that will enable U.S. troops to be withdrawn.

President Bush signs into law a bill renewing of the Voting Rights Act. When the bill ran into resistance from some southern senators, supporters turned to a surprising constituency for support: big business. Officials from big companies like Wal-Mart and Walt Disney lined up to support it.

Just more than a year ago, Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH) stood in the way of controversial U.N. ambassador pick John Bolton. The Bush administration worked around Senate opposition by giving Bolton a recess appointment to the job. Now Bolton is back up for Senate confirmation.