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First Command Financial Planning reaches a $12 million settlement in an investigation involving the company's sales of high-fee mutual funds to soldiers. NPR's Michele Norris talks with New York Times reporter Diana Henriques.

Sent to Sri Lanka to report on the tsunami's damage, Elizabeth Arnold returned home struck by the life and resilience she saw there.

Washington election officials now claim that over 500 ballots were not appropriately evaluated in the state's governor's race. The preliminary margin of victory in the race was just 42 votes. Residents are awaiting the results of a second recount. NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports.

A towering new suspension bridge debuts in southern France. At its highest point, the Millau Viaduct is more than 1,000 feet above ground, and the French say it's the highest bridge in the world. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Millau's mayor, Jacques Godfrain.

Pentagon top adviser and one of the chief architects of the war in Iraq, Douglas Feith, resigns. Feith, a staunch neo-conservative with close ties to Israel, is a controversial figure, especially for his role in the use of intelligence to justify the war in Iraq.

The government of Brazil says it will switch 300,000 government computers from Microsoft's Windows operating system to open source software like Linux. Microsoft founder Bill Gates wants to meet with Brazil's president to discuss the change. Brazil is dropping all proprietary software.

The Supreme Court hears a case on Tuesday that will decide whether local governments may force homeowners to sell their land so that private companies can redevelop the area. Slate legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick joins NPR's Madeleine Brand to discuss the implications.

Leaders of the worldwide Anglican Communion have the Episcopal Church USA and the Anglican Church of Canada not to participate in its June meeting. The divide in both cases relates to policy over gay unions and clergy.

Google plans to scan five vast library collections into its Internet search engine. The project will make available online the libraries of four universities -- Oxford, Harvard, Michigan, and Stanford -- as well as the books of the New York City Library no longer covered by copyright. Michael Leland of member station WUOM reports.

Church leaders and mourners pray for Pope John Paul II, whose body lies in the Clementina Hall at the Vatican. Born Karel Wojtyla in Poland 84 years ago, John Paul died in Saturday after 26 years as pope.