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Yesterday, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin announced she'd be resigning on July 26th. NPR's Martin Kaste reports.

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Host Scott Simon speaks with NPR News Analyst Juan Williams about the announcement of Sarah Palin's resignation, Michael Jackson and Afghanistan.

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Host Scott Simon speaks to Andrew Rasiej, founder of the Personal Democracy Forum, about redefining citizenship in the digital age.

Rasiej also talks about what social media and technology experts have learned in the aftermath of Iran's disputed elections.

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Food Inc., a documentary film about the modern agricultural industry, is a hit with big-city movie reviewers, small organic farmers and vegetarians.

The movie argues that large-scale agriculture produces inexpensive meat and vegetables, but imposes high costs on the environment and Americans' health.

But ordinary farmers — the people who grow the lion's share of what America eats — have largely been left out of the mainstream media debate over Food Inc.

Frank Morris, of member station KCUR in Kansas City, drove out to hear what farmers are saying.

President Obama this week pledged to push for change to the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. While it remains in place, gay servicemen and women continue to keep their lives — and their partners — hidden from the military or risk dismissal.

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Ohio is facing a $3.2 billion shortfall in its finances. Gov. Ted Strickland has proposed slots at racetracks and spending cuts, but has not been able to reach a deal with the Legislature.

The state is operating on a temporary budget for the next few days.

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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who was Republican Sen. John McCain's running mate in the 2008 presidential campaign, says she will resign from office July 26.

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An original copy of the Declaration of Independence was recently discovered in the British National Archives.

Edward Hampshire, the diplomatic and colonial specialist at the archives, talks with Melissa Block about the discovery of the 26th copy of the document.

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Congress returns to Washington next week with health care on its mind. President Obama and the Democrats agree with Republicans that legislation overhauling health care should be bipartisan.

And there may be no stronger advocate for bipartisanship on health care than Senator Chuck Grassley, the top Republican on the Finance Committee.

When it came out in 1961, Alain Resnais' Last Year at Marienbad perplexed and excited audiences with its surrealistic storytelling.

John Powers has a review of the film's Criterion Collection re-release.

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