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The administration is considering revising the criminal rights afforded defendants upon arrest. The question facing the White House is whether the public safety exception can be expanded to prolong defendants' cooperation before being told they have the right to remain silent.

It's been exactly one year since the death of Michael Jackson. Shaye Areheart worked with Jackson on his autobiography, Moonwalk, and remembers him for his humor, thirst for knowledge and dedication to fans. She looks back at the man beyond the headlines.

NPR and the Kitchen Sisters are looking for stories from around the world of the hidden lives of girls — and the women they become. Stories of coming of age, rituals and rites of passage, secret identities — of women who crossed a line, blazed a trail or changed the tide. Share your stories with us.

California may be on the verge of blazing another trail toward legalized marijuana. The state has certified petitions for a statewide ballot referendum in November that would make the use and sale of recreational pot legal. Polls show a slim majority of Californians favor legalized marijuana.

As part of its effort to prop up the housing market, the federal government is offering an $8,000 tax credit to first-time buyers. Nationwide, pending home sales have been on the rise for seven months in a row. But the offer is set to expire at the end of November.

The U.S. debate over increasing the force size in Afghanistan resonates on the streets of Kabul.

Treasury officials have sent draft legislation to Congress to create a one-stop financial protection agency for consumers. The agency would have authority over financial products from credit cards and home mortgages to payday loans. And it could ban practices it deems unfair.

A Senate committee has begun hearings on a massive climate bill that would remake the energy economy. Supporters say it will protect the environment and create a new green industry. Opponents say it will kill the fossil fuel industry — costing millions of jobs.

Brooks officially retired in 2001 to raise his three daughters. That retirement ends Friday night in Las Vegas, courtesy of a new business deal with Steve Wynn's Encore Hotel. Brooks' extended run is the first of any kind for a country musician in Las Vegas.

During Thursday's spacewalk, astronauts removed the telescope's main camera. It's an instrument the size of a baby grand piano, and it has taken some of Hubble's most stunning images. The camera, headed for a museum, also once saved the telescope, turning Hubble from a national disgrace to a triumph in space.