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Jane Bornemeier talks to Times reporters about the top stories of the day.

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Matthew Saltmarsh of the Times-owned International Herald Tribune talks about a pernicious seaweed that's damaging the coast of Brittany in France.
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The Times’s Monica Davey on the conviction on a single count of former Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich.
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The Times’s Gina Kolata on unprecedented efforts to detect alzheimer's disease in its early stages.
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The Times’s Motoko Rich on July unemployment numbers and what they say about the state of the economy.
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The Times’s Randal Archibold on the decision by a federal judge to halt implementation of Arizona's new immigration law.
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The Times’s Sheryl Stolberg on the firing of USDA official Shirley Sherrod, who was wrongly accused of making racist statements.
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The Times’s Henry Fountain on BP's efforts to shut off the leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico.
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The Times’s Kirk Johnson on a mysterious list of purported illegal immigrants sent to law enforcment agencies in Utah
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The Times’s Stephanie Rosenbloom on new high-tech vending machines that sell everything from bikinis to gold bars.
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The Times’s Adam Liptak on Supreme Court decisions banning some juvenile life imprisonment terms and extending custody for convicted sex offenders.
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