Israeli bulldozers dismantled checkpoints and Palestinian traffic flowed freely in the Gaza Strip in a major sign of disengagement after months of bloody fighting.

A reporter from Stateline.org talks about California and New Jersey's state budget problems.

The Vatican may namee a new bishop to the Boston archdiocese.

We remember film legend Katharine Hepburn.

Two newspaper editors talk about the rush of fundraising activity in the early days of the presidential campaign.

Part one of our series on civil liberties explores the rights of Jose Padilla, jailed as an "enemy combatant."

We hear about the gay pride march in New York City.

Our pop critic Tim Riley talks about "mash-ups" or taking one song's vocals and adding them to another.