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The space shuttle "endeavour" launched into space. it is taking up extra parts and super tiny satellites. satellites the size of a cracker. yes, a cracker. "endeavour" is scheduled to return to earth on june 1 which is the same day that the space shuttle "atlantis" is expected to roll out to the launch pad in anticipation of the final mission of the space shuttle's 30-year history. in today's big breakdown, let's talk about the sheer size of the space shuttle, because unless you have seen it up close orn a of us haven't, you can't imagine the length. you have sat in a school bus, right, well, ...

new york city. dominique strauss-khan was arrested saturday for allegedly chasing a housekeeper through his luxury hotel suite naked and trying to force himself on her. let's go straight to richard roth who's been following today's developments. richard, bring us up to date. >> reporter: randi, the proceedings have just concluded and basically, dominique strauss-khan, the leader of the international monetary fund, has been charged with sexual assault on a maid in a new york hotel in times square on saturday. we're just now seeing and we just heard the formal charges so it is importan...

Cnn.com/ali. that is the only place you can cast your vote. don't go to twitter or facebook. today's "big breakdown" takes a look at muslims in america. the gender of muslims in america is evenly split about 50/50, 54% women, 56% women. among muslims men have a slight edge. 50/50/america, the general population 54/46 for muslims. take being a look at schooling, the numbers track closely with the rest of the country, 14% of muslims are college graduates another 10% continued into post-grad studies for a total of 24%s of the population involved in higher education. the general public about 25%...

To your town, the local gas owner makes just a few pennies per gallon. something to think about the next time you fill up. that's today's "big breakdown." every day we have a segment called "you choose." we give you three story hid lines and you vote. first, tsa agents actually searched passengers after they arrived at their destination. second, a teacher is fire ford aif bumster sticker on her car. finally, a good samaritan goes extra measures to return a stolen car. we'll bring you the winning story in ten minutes. go to cnn.com/ali to vote. our blog is being slammed by viewers intereste...

Why don't we have both? [ male announcer ] old el paso. hard and soft tacos. ♪ feed your fiesta. in today's big breakdown, bigs news breaking a lot of wallets. i'm talking about gas prices. they are surging and it does not look like this is going to end anytime soon. the price for a gallon of gasoline has risen five cents in the past two weeks according to triple a. the price for regular is $3.17 a gallon nationwide. that's up 53 cents from more than a year ago when gas as around $2.64 a gallon. why the sudden surge? look at the headlines. that's libya we're talking about, the unrest in th...