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The deaths Friday of veteran storm chaser Tim Samaras, his son Paul and their friend Carl Young when a tornado near El Reno, Okla., pummeled their vehicle has raised some questions:

The deaths Friday of veteran storm chaser Tim Samaras, his son Paul and their friend Carl Young when a tornado near El Reno, Okla., pummeled their vehicle has raised some questions:

Smoking has its risks, but in California higher prices for health insurance probably won't be among them.

Take a look at this remarkable graph -- is it the stock market? Home sales?

Would you drink reused sewage water that had been declared safe? No? You're not alone. Engineers say processing wastewater to make it clean and drinkable can provide a plentiful source for places where water is in short supply. But the public often balks at the thought. The reason, experts say, is a phenomenon called psychological contagion.

Why Can't Troops Sue for Malpractice? (Video)

It's been nine years since a federal court first declared the crowding in California's prisons an emergency. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a 2002 lower court ruling that gave California two years to move tens of thousands of prisoners our of the state's overcrowded prisons.

This week brought San Diego good news that’s so familiar it’s gotten mundane. Crime is down. The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) tells us that both property crime and violent crime were at a ten year low during the first six months of this year. What’s interesting about this story is the question why.

The Windy City's political talents were offset by new rules meant to protect International Olympic Committee voters from the sort of influence peddling that might have worked in the past.

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has been disqualifying top opposition candidates ahead of regional elections there next month. Human rights groups claim he's disqualifying his opponents for political reasons. But Chavez's people argue his actions are legitimate.