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A divided Supreme Court rules that Vermont's state statute limiting campaign spending and fundraising constitutes a restraint of free speech, in violation of the First Amendment.

Lawrence Summers, who is departing as president of Harvard University after a five-year tenure, talks with Susan Stamberg about the controversy he generated, and what he thinks are his accomplishments.

Stop to think about the quality of Brazil's players -- its record five World Cup titles, or its two Golden Ball winners -- French striker Thierry Henry says, and already you have lost the match. Henry says Les Bleus will not be thinking about Brazil's achievements in Saturday's World Cup quarterfinal.

National Minority Donor Awareness Day, on Aug. 1, was first recognized 10 years ago. Since then, the number of minorities on the organ waiting list has increased dramatically. Ed Gordon talks with organ recipient Bobby Howard, a former NFL running back, about how his need for a kidney changed the way he looked at life and himself.

Israel has stepped up its military offensive against Hezbollah militants in Lebanon during a third week of hostilities in the region. Officials say more than 500 Lebanese civilians have been killed since the conflict began, and more mass burials are planned Monday in the southern port city of Tyre.

Some scientists believe the orangutan — a Malay word that translates to "man of the forest" — may soon become extinct, wiped out by the humans it so closely resembles. We travel to the Indonesian island of Sumatra to profile competing plans to save the great ape.

Early Sunday, Palestinian militants used a tunnel to infiltrate Israel and attack a military outpost along the border between Gaza and Israel. Two Israeli soldiers were killed and a third soldier was captured. The assault on the border post marks a serious escalation in Mideast violence, because it involves Hamas.

The National Marine Fisheries Service is proposing a speed limit for ships entering ports along the eastern seaboard. The goal is to save right whales from being struck and killed. Shipping companies say there is no proof that slowing their vessels will help the endangered mammals.

Israel is demanding the release of a soldier captured during a raid by Palestinian gunmen Sunday at a Gaza border crossing. The attack killed two Israeli soldiers and was the first such ground assault since Israel pulled out of Gaza last summer.

Corrections officials have complained for years that America's prisons and jails are becoming the country's new asylums for the mentally ill. A recent Justice Department study supports that claim. It says more than half of all prison and jail inmates have experienced mental health problems in the last year.

President Bush addresses the United Nations General Assembly with a speech advocating the spread of democracy in the Middle East. But he's likely to face a skeptical audience that is critical of the U.S. policies in Iraq and Iran.

A Canadian commission ruled Monday there was no evidence linking a Canadian citizen to any terrorist organization. Mahrer Arar was arrested in New York in 2002, sent to Jordan, then Syria, where he says he was tortured during the year he spent in Damascus jails. He was released in 2003.

Deadly attacks sweep across Baghdad, killing at least 40 people Tuesday. That includes 20 soldiers whose bus was blown up by a roadside bomb, and 14 people killed by a car bomb in an upscale Baghdad neighborhood. North of Baghdad, in the town of Muqdadyia, a car bomb exploded in front of a hospital, killing at least seven people.

Don Gonyea and Renee Montagne read from listeners letters, including praise for the two-part series on life in the U.S. foreign service.

Andrew von Eschenbach's nomination to head the Food and Drug Administration is wrapped up in a fight over whether to approve over-the-counter use of the Plan B birth-control pill.

The Food and Drug Administration is again considering whether to allow the emergency contraception Plan B to be sold without a prescription. Here, a look at how Plan B works, and the controversy surrounding it.

When farmers in upstate New York need help bringing back unruly livestock, they call on Rose, a border collie from a long line of working dogs. Rose even gets paid for her work, and has a strong urge to keep busy.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is in China. It's his first visit there as a member of the Bush administration. He joined the cabinet in July. U.S. business leaders and members of Congress want to see the Chinese currency appreciate in value as a way to reduce the U.S.-Chinese trade surplus.

Airport security tightens again after news of an alleged plot in Britain last week, and some security experts say that passengers will have to learn to live with long lines and limited carry-ons. How will this affect air travel and airport-based businesses?

In Budapest, Hungary, President Bush compares Hungary's struggles under Communist rule to Iraq's recent history. "The desire for liberty is universal," the president said. President Bush has visited several Eastern European capitals to highlight countries that have recently become democracies.

Students from Fremont High School in South-Central Los Angeles recently toured the Museum of Tolerance -- a facility founded by noted humanitarian, Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal -- after several recent racially charged incidents on the campus.

Adults make a tough audience. But that's nothing compared to performing for children. Award-winning actor John Lithgow talks about the challenges of keeping the younger set entertained. His latest CD for kids is The Sunny Side of the Street.

For many wheat farmers, a financial loss is the only thing they expect to reap this year. Persistent drought has parched wheat stands in the western parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, places where wheat was once one of the most reliable cash crops.

Morehouse College in Atlanta is looking for a site to house the private collection of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. following a deal that will prevent the papers from being auctioned off.

As top law enforcement officials prepared to brief the media on the arrest of seven suspected terrorists in Miami, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff was otherwise involved. He was meeting with producers and some cast members of the Fox TV counterterrorism show 24.