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Former FEMA Director Michael Brown blames Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and other top agency officials for the inadequate response to Hurricane Katrina. Brown testified Friday before the Senate Homeland Security Committee.

Some of the worst-paid farmers in Ethiopia were able to get their bean to the specialty coffee ball and sell to top U.S. roasters like Stumptown. But it only happened after the growers got organized and attracted the attention of coffee prospectors from the U.S.

"The rich are not only getting richer — they are becoming more dangerous." That's according to Wall Street Journal writer Robert Frank, whose new book, The High-Beta Rich, shows how the spending of the top 1 percent has become "the most unstable force in the economy."

A Gallup survey ranks countries based on degree of "social connectedness" people feel with friends, family, neighbors, colleagues, even strangers. We asked Mongolians why they think they top the list.

The Texas Republican Party has gotten more conservative over the years. Immigration policies once pushed by top GOP officials now seem moderate. Party leaders crack down on dissension in their ranks.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Khaled Elgindy, senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, about what the future may look like for Hamas after one of its top leader was allegedly assassinated by Israel.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Sports Illustrated journalist Jon Wertheim about the opening days of Wimbledon.

A Pentagon investigation has cleared General John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan. The Pentagon had been looking into whether the general's email correspondence with a Florida socialite was inappropriate and violated military rules. Allen's nomination to become the top commander of NATO is still on hold, however.

The candidates — three Democrats and one Republican — clashed over issues including the conflict between Israel and Hamas as they faced off in a 90-minute debate in Los Angeles Monday evening.

Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party replaced two of its top executives as part of a purge related to investigations into alleged political slush funds.