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The San Diego Police Department starts a new program today to target loud residents in the College Area. The SDPD media services manager explains the purpose behind the 6-month pilot program, how it

The Federal Communications Commission announces details of a settlement with four of the nation's largest radio broadcasters — Clear Channel, CBS Radio, Citadel and Entercom — over payola, the practice of accepting payment from record labels to air their artists without disclosing the arrangement to listeners.

Next week Bob Maxwell of Oceanside turns 85 years old. But today he'll receive an early birthday present. This country's highest honor bestowed upon a civilian –the Congressional Gold Medal.

San Diego State students who live in so-called mini dorms will be slapped with a hefty fine if they disturb their neighbors. KPBS Reporter Ana Tintocalis has more.

More than two years after his death in Iraq, Marine Sgt. Jeffrey Kirk has been posthumously awarded a Silver Star. The nation's 3rd highest military award for valor was presented to his widow at Camp

The Federal Communications Commission is set to announce an anti-"payola" settlement with four major radio broadcasting companies. The tentative agreement would include a significant increase in airtime for "independent label" and "local" artists. The FCC settlement, which is expected to be announced this week, includes a $12.5 million fine.

What laws prohibit employers from discriminating against employees, or potential employees, based on physical appearance? Can employers legally discriminate in this manner?

Kurdish authorities are trying to preserve an ancient citadel above Irbil that local historians say has been a site of human habitation for 7,000 years. But in order to preserve it, they've had to relocate its most recent habitants — refugee Kurds.

Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their pioneering use of microcredit -- tiny loans -- to spur development among the poor. Bangladesh is a poverty-stricken nation of about 141 million people. The Grameen microcredit model has been exported to poor nations around the world.

American Roger D. Kornberg, whose father won a Nobel Prize a half-century ago, was awarded the prize in chemistry Wednesday for his studies of how cells take information from genes to produce proteins.