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Turkey expelled Israel's ambassador and downgraded relations after the release of a U.N. review of last year's Israeli commando raid on a Turkish flotilla en route to Gaza. The panel found that the blockade of Gaza is legitimate, but said the commandos' tactics were "excessive and unreasonable."

The government is attempting to recoup billions of dollars it says were lost because of bank misdeeds during the housing bubble.

There's a superPAC supporting every major presidential candidate; Texas Gov. Rick Perry has three. Rules from the Federal Election Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission aim to keep the superPACs operating independently, but the rules' implementation is not clear-cut.

The long-running Food Network staple Good Eats has taped its final episode. The show ends with 250 fun, educational and tasty episodes to its name. The secret ingredient? Entertaining storytelling.

Jonathan Moscone was 14 when his father, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone, and city supervisor Harvey Milk were murdered. Milk became a gay rights icon, while the mayor remained largely a footnote in his story. The artistic director of the California Shakespeare Theater decided to change that.

As the new school year begins, many districts face tighter budgets and difficult choices about what programs to cut, which teachers to keep, and what school supplies to provide. Steve Ellis, principal of Fike High School in Wilson, N.C. and, Walt Gardner and Sean Cavanagh of Education Week, discuss the challenges and how they affect students and families.

Scuffles inside and outside the courtroom interrupted the trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, which resumed Cairo on Monday. There was startling testimony from a police general who said there were no orders to shoot anti-government protesters in Tahrir Square.

President Obama said congressional Republicans must put their country ahead of their party and vote to create jobs. In a preview of the speech he will deliver to Congress on Thursday, Obama said "the time for Washington games is over" and lawmakers must move quickly on the job front.

For U.S. troops in eastern Afghanistan, the mountain view from Observation Post Mustang comes with a cost. The area is used by insurgent fighters as an infiltration and smuggling route from Pakistan. The post provides a position to keep watch on other U.S. bases in the valley below.

Seventeen years ago, BooBoo was a hard-core gang member in Los Angeles. Now, Cindy Martinez is a mother of five who teaches her kids not to make her mistakes.