Democrats are bracing for the possibility that they might lose their majority in the House in November's mid-term elections, and formal ethics charges against Democratic Reps. Charles Rangel and Maxine Waters will complicate matters even further. We speak with Gail Chaddock, congressional correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor.

Enrollment at for-profit colleges has almost tripled over the last decade. But what is the quality of education like? And why do the so-called career colleges sometimes cost 17-times as much as community colleges? Liz Willen, associate editor of the non-partisan and non-profit education news outlet,  The Hechinger Report, explains why Congress and the White House are considering tighter regulation of the industry.

Rebecca Wells, who is best known for her wildly popular book "Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood," is out with a new novel about coming of age in Louisiana in the 1960s and 70s. A major plot point in Wells' "The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder" is an explosion on an oil rig in the gulf. Wells is a Louisiana native and we talk to her about her home state, the book and her thoughts about the B.P. spill.

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