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an approach to life that seeks better balance between work and non-work responsibilities. Molpus mentions the following publications: ` >Your Money or Your Life,' by Vicki Robin & Joe Dominguez. ` >The Circle of Simplicity,' by Cecil Andrews; ` >The Simple Living Journal,' a quarterly newsletter 'that shares ways to eliminate physical and emotional clutter,' edited by Janet Luhrs.

In New Orleans, opening arguments begin in a class-action lawsuit aimed at making the tobacco industry help smokers quit. About 3 million smokers -- some of whom are not ill -- are seeking funding for medical monitoring, but the industry says it should not be held responsible for those who ignore warning labels. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports.

Israel continues to pound Lebanon with bombs for a 10th day, primarily targeting Shiite areas in the south and east of the country. An Israeli general has warned that Israel could expand ground operations in southern Lebanon, where there have been fierce clashes between its troops and Hezbollah. Meanwhile, civilians in Lebanon continue to seek shelter from the fighting.

The Georgia state house has approved a bill that would levy a 5-percent surcharge on wire transfers by illegal immigrants to their native countries. State lawmakers are seeking to stem the tide of undocumented workers and recoup the cost of providing public services to them.

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the start of the Spanish Civil War. In Spain, there are no official commemoration ceremonies. That's in keeping with the silence with which Spaniards have generally treated the war - and the Franco dictatorship that followed. But many, including now elderly children of victims, are increasingly seeking some kind of closure.

Iran has charged a detained Iranian-American academic with seeking to topple the ruling Islamic establishment. Haleh Esfandiari, 67, director of the Middle East Program at the Washington-based Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, has been held since early May.

The Federal Reserve has cut a key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, seeking to stem the flow of bad news surrounding the U.S. economy. The action pushes the federal funds rate down to 2 percent — the lowest level since late 2004.

Attorneys for James Holmes argue he was insane at the time of the 2012 attack that killed 12 people. Prosecutors, who are seeking the death penalty, say he knew the difference between right and wrong.

On this edition of the Montana Evening Newscast, a federal appeals court has dismissed part of a lawsuit that seeks to allow only Republican voters to…

The Australian government says it will spend over a million dollars to count koalas using some high-tech methods. The conservation effort will incorporate heat-seeking drones and acoustic surveys.