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Oregon voters have not approved a hike of the state income tax in 75 years, but with fewer people on payrolls, local schools are feeling the squeeze from decreased state revenue. Lee Hochberg looks at tax and spend politics in…

U.S. soldiers and Iraqi police raided the home and offices of Iraqi Governing Council member and one-time American ally Ahmad Chalabi today. Ray Suarez discusses the reasons for the raid with Washington Post reporter Scott Wilson in Baghdad.

Sonia Gandhi, whose Congress party won a landslide election, announced Tuesday she will not accept the post of prime minister of India. Gandhi made her decision following protests from Hindu nationalists over the fact that she was born in Italy.