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AFGHAN OFFENSIVE: As US and NATO forces continue to battle for control of a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan, we'll get the latest from the front lines. Then Ray Suarez talks to correspondent Rod Nordland of the New…

California has ramped up the use of sobriety checkpoints to target intoxication and crack down on unlicensed drivers. But its policy of seizing vehicles is under fire both for targeting undocumented immigrants and for generating an estimated $40 million in…

POLITICS AND POLLS: We lead the broadcast tonight with an assessment of the latest opinion polls showing rising public anger at Washington. The numbers come as the mid-term election campaigns get underway all over the country. Judy Woodruff reports…

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Ursula Le Guin, best for her works of science fiction and fantasy, has been writing and publishing novels, children's books, poetry and drama for over four decades. In December, she withdrew her membership from the Author's Guild because she disagreed…