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The agency says it will take stronger actions to curb water pollution in the state.

This year's Harmony Sweepstakes could provide a preview of NBC's fall a cappella competition, The Sing Off. Hairspray and harmonizing were hallmarks of the 25th annual sweepstakes in California.

Health care costs are killing small businesses, which pay substantially more in premiums than large firms do. The owner of a cupcake business in Seattle pays as much in health insurance for her employees as she does in rent for four choice Seattle storefronts.

Sen. Kent Conrad of North Dakota says health care cooperatives could win the political support that a public option for insurance couldn't. Conrad wants the federal government to help start nonprofit, member-run co-ops in all 50 states.

The pika, a relative of the rabbit, could become the first critter in the continental U.S. to be declared threatened or endangered because of climate change. The petition to list the pika has raised concerns among industries that produce greenhouse gases.

The latest government data may put at least a temporary damper on talk of economic recovery, with a spike in weekly jobless claims, more foreclosures and an unexpected fall in retail sales. Meanwhile, the private RealtyTrac reports a jump in foreclosure activity.

The personal life of Italy's prime minister, media mogul Silvio Berlusconi, has been the talk of the nation. In a script worthy of a soap opera on one of his TV networks, Berlusconi's wife of 19 years has made a very public request for a divorce.

World leaders and veterans gathered Saturday in France to commemorate D-Day. The Allied invasion at Normandy 65 years ago was a turning point of World War II. Thousands of Allied soldiers died securing the beaches, and President Obama honored them Saturday, saying, "We must not forget."

The Entourage star got his start in Chicago, at a well-regarded theater run by his parents. He tells Madeleine Brand that his formative experiences there still inform his work today.

Abdullah Abdullah is considered to be the most powerful challenger to President Hamid Karzai in next month's election. The race was once considered to be an easy win for the incumbent, but Abdullah says Karzai missed "the feeling of the people ... which was for change."