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As part of a Congressional spending bill, family planning facilities are now permitted to opt out of offering abortion as an option to women. NPR's Julie Rovner reports.

California governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger says one of his priorities is to tackle the state's budget deficit. He says he will have the state's financial records audited. NPR's John McChesney reports.

Americans Peter Agre and Roderick MacKinnon win the Nobel Prize in chemistry for showing how living cells control their intake of water and other substances. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

Morning Edition continues its popular Fourth of July tradition of reading the Declaration of Independence on the air. See a multimedia presentation featuring the names and faces of the NPR hosts, reporters, newscasters and commentators reading the nation's founding document.

In the first report of a three-part series, NPR's Rick Karr examines proposed changes to FCC rules and how it might affect public interest programming.

NPR's Scott Simon reports on Dar al-Rahma -- an orphanage on the outskirts of Baghdad, where young men and women say they were abused by the staff. When U.S. troops arrived in Baghdad, they opened the gates of the orphanage. The children all fled and the administrators looted the building.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Los Angeles Times reporter John Daniszewski about conditions in Baghdad as U.S. troops approach. He says he's working by candlelight and with power from a car battery.

NPR's Melissa Block talks with Peter Ford, reporter for the Christian Science Monitor in Baghdad, about the largest gathering in four years of Shia Muslims attending Friday prayers in Baghdad.

NPR's Rick Karr reports on who supports the deregulation of the broadcasting industry and why. And he examines whether listeners and viewers will see any benefits.

President Bush will meet with NATO Secretary General George Robertson to discuss the rift between the United States and several European countries over Iraq. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports.