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As the digital age pushes our correspondence with each other online, we see fewer invitations, cards and handwritten letters arrive in our mailboxes. But we no doubt all have special mail -- a faded postcard, a well-worn greeting card, an old love letter -- that we keep tucked away.

Alcoa and a subsidiary of the the U.S. aluminum giant, will pay $384 million to the U.S. government for engaging in corrupt practices. The payment is part of a settlement in a bribery case involving the royal family of Bahrain.

Referees blew a call that may have let San Diego into the playoffs instead of the Pittsburgh Steelers. In this litigious society, Steelers fan Daniel Spuck decided to act. He filed a motion asking for an injunction to keep San Diego out of the playoffs.

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has resigned, and his replacement will be Robert Gates, a former director of the CIA and a well-known figure in the nation's capital.

Former CIA director Robert Gates has been nominated to replace Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who retired a day after the Democratic sweep of Congress.

A U.S. federal judge is preventing the Pentagon from sending a Guantanamo Bay detainee to Tunisia because of allegations he would face torture there.

Ameriquest, a high-flying sub-prime lender during the housing boom, was accused of predatory lending by state prosecutors. The company now faces a class-action lawsuit by borrowers.

At the peak of San Diego's wildfires, Qualcomm Stadium served as a shelter for up to 10,000 evacuees. Now, the shelter is about to close, as people return to their homes — or what's left of them.

The case of Michael Vick has brought public attention to dogfighting, which is illegal. Tio Hardiman, who works at CeaseFire, a Chicago anti-violence group, talks with Robert Siegel about the prevalence of dogfighting in the Windy City.

A highway bridge carrying I-35 West traffic over the Mississippi River collapsed during rush hour on Wednesday night. Guests discuss the current status of the recovery efforts in Minneapolis and the health of the United States' infrastructure.