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At least 14 Palestinians have been killed in a series of Israeli air and artillery strikes in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours. The Israeli military says the attacks were in response to rocket fire from Gaza into southern Israel. The military wing of the militant Islamist group Hamas said it will no longer honor a 15-month truce.

A federal judge upholds the FBI's search of the office of Rep. William Jefferson, the Louisiana Democrat at the center of a bribery investigation. The judge also denied a request to have the materials seized in the May raid returned.

A privately financed rocket plane took its pilot to the edge of the Earth's atmosphere Monday, the first time a commercial venture has put a manned craft into space. SpaceShipOne landed at an airstrip in the Mojave Desert after reaching an altitude of more than 60 miles. The project is funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports.

Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. John Edwards mark their policy differences in the sole vice-presidential debate of 2004. The debate touches on Iraq and domestic policy.

A bevy of recording artists reimagined Elvis Presley's music for the new film depicting the life of the so-called "king."

People across the globe are turning to social media to connect with each other in new ways. Clay Shirky shows how our increasingly interconnected world is transforming news and politics as well as our roles as citizens.

A federal judge unsealed the warrant and property receipt materials after the Justice Department requested their release.

On today's Planet Money, Simon Johnson busts a ransom note. Plus: A true banking thriller.

On today's Planet Money, Too Big to Fail (the book) and Enron (the scandal that keeps on giving).

This week marks 155 years since Abraham Lincoln delivered the famously short Gettysburg Address in 1863.