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  • It's been 2 1/2 months since the Rana Plaza collapsed on garment workers in Bangladesh, drawing the world's attention to abysmal safety conditions in the country's factories. Two workers who survived the collapse tell their stories.
  • The aim is to entertain dogs while they're home alone, and help them deal with "challenging situations." The viewers will be exposed, in small doses, to stressful sounds, like doorbells and vacuum cleaners.
  • An Internet service provider is refusing to turn over customer information in response to a subpoena. It's part of a larger tug-of-war over how much access law enforcement should have to customer data.
  • Also: Minutes from the Federal Reserve meeting could affect markets; a coroner identifies the plane crash victim who may have been fatally struck by a truck; Tropical Storm Chantal advances north; and a huge python falls through a ceiling in an Australian store but isn't found until the next day.
  • Three years ago, the Catholic Health Association, whose members run hospitals and nursing homes across the country, backed passage of the federal health law. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which represents the hierarchy of the church, opposed it. The groups remain divided over the law's requirement for most employer-based health insurance plans to provide women with contraceptives.
  • The ransacking of a charity store in Australia by a suspected burglar with a bad case of stomach flu had investigators puzzled — until a store employee discovered the 37-pound culprit.
  • Denise & Norma talk about the ongoing decline of the trees of the El Paso region. Trees in the region are suffering because of poor watering practices,…
  • For a party that's running up big margins with younger voters, Democrats are awfully gray at the top.
  • The George Zimmerman trial is expected to wrap up this week. Zimmerman shot and killed teenager Trayvon Martin last year in what he said was self-defense. Host Michel Martin checks in with Orlando Sentinel reporter Rene Stutzman about her view from inside the courtroom.
  • Sounds and images from the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the holy city in Saudi Arabia that is closed to non-Muslim visitors, are streaming live online, depicting pilgrims' visits for Ramadan.
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