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Agents have been sent home for alleged misconduct, reportedly related to prostitution. President Obama arrived in Colombia Friday for the Summit of the Americas, and the Secret Service says its security plan has not been compromised.

One third of food is wasted worldwide, according to the U.N. Photographer Klaus Pichler gives rotten food the glamour treatment to make that point. But will it make us be more careful about how we buy and use food?

John Edward Simpson was a ship's doctor aboard the Titanic. He wrote a letter to his mother back home in Belfast, a few bits of news and fond wishes. The letter, sent from the great ship's last port of call, made it home. Simpson did not.

A conviction on corruption charges isn't stopping former Pennsylvania state House Speaker Bill DeWeese from running for re-election. On the day he's likely to win the primary, the 17-term Democrat will become constitutionally ineligible to keep serving.

As the Summit of the Americas gets under way, there is one embarrassing incident which threatens to distract from international efforts to focus on trade and the economy. A dozen U.S. Secret Service agents have been sent home for alleged misconduct.

Baseball star Roger Clemens goes on trial for a second time Monday on charges that he lied to a congressional committee about using steroids and human growth hormone. His trial last July was aborted when federal prosecutors placed inadmissible evidence before jurors.

George Mason University Economist Tyler Cowen talks to Steve Inskeep about his new book, An Economist Gets Lunch: New Rules for Everyday Foodies. Cowen criticizes people he calls food snobs, but at the same time, he admits that label also applies to him.

President Obama is back in Washington after a weekend summit in Colombia. The gathering with leaders from throughout the western hemisphere produced some agreement on trade timelines and some disagreement on drug policy and Cuba. The summit was almost eclipsed before it began by a scandal involving prostitutes and Secret Service agents.

The man who has confessed to carrying out Norway's worst peace-time atrocity went on trial Monday. Anders Behring Breivik is accused of carrying out a twin bombing and shooting rampage that killed 77 people and wounded dozens last July. He told the court: "I admit to the acts, but not criminal guilt."

In his new book, Heaven on Earth, English barrister Sadakat Kadri describes how early Islamic scholars codified — and then modified — the Shariah laws that would govern how Muslim people lead their daily lives. He then reflects on the present day, describing how today's religious scholars interpret the Shariah.