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China abruptly cut short a visit by one of its senior officials to Japan. The trip was meant to be a fence-mending effort after anti-Japan protests in China. Beijing now is unhappy with the Japanese prime minister's plan to visit a controversial shrine that includes convicted war criminals among its honorees.

After 24 years in power, Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak has called for a multi-candidate election in September. Egypt has been singled out by the Bush administration as a country that ought to lead the way to democracy in the Middle East. This is the first of three pieces on the prospect of democracy in the region.

Storyteller Kevin Kling tells of a day on the ball field. This small tale grows to such epic proportions that it would make Homer proud.

A Senate panel will investigate claims that the Federal Emergency Management Agency improperly allocated disaster relief funds to Miami-Dade County after last year's hurricanes. The county was not hit as hard as other parts of Florida by a series of major storms.

People on the Red Lake Indian reservation in northern Minnesota struggle to come to grips with Monday's high school shooting. Authorities continue to piece together the events. Jeff Weise, 16, shot and killed nine people -- including seven at his school -- before killing himself, despite security measures at the school.

Jolie Holland's voice seems to come from another age. At 29, she often draws comparisons to blues singers Billie Holiday and Bessie Smith, but her music is a mix of front-porch folk and jazz, and distinctly her own.

Senate debate over President Bush's nomination of Texas jurist Priscilla Owen to the federal bench enters its third day. In public, Republicans and Democrats are talking tough. But behind the scenes, a bipartisan group of centrists is trying to avoid a vote on banning the judicial filibuster.

The driving force behind Antony and the Johnsons is Antony Hegarty, who grew up deeply influenced by the musical presence of Boy George and Culture Club. Jerry Dannemiller has a review of the group's second CD, I Am a Bird Now.

She is neither a misunderstood genius nor a child celebrity. She has not witnessed the extraordinary. Yet Amy Krouse Rosenthal wants you to know about her life. Her new memoir is an encyclopedia of herself, in alphabetical order. Mallory Kasdan profiles the writer.

Arizona's spectacular wildflower season has a downside. All of that showy vegetation is now drying out and creating a wildfire hazard.