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More than 3,100 companies flocked to the Consumer Electronics Show to hawk their wares this year, and the show's host estimates that 20,000 products are launched there. Many of the small companies founded for the show won't be back next year, but their hustle is infectious and some become huge.

Cities in the Southwest are trying to lure new industries, like biotech, that are seemingly recession proof.

Though some people have had success landing jobs in recent months, millions of Americans are still out of work. But many older people are finding it particularly difficult to get hired. Some say age discrimination is a key factor working against them.

Some 10,000 African immigrants, many of them traders, have taken over a neighborhood in southern China. It's a hard life, but it reflects the dramatic increase in commerce between Africa and China.

Water is necessary for the human body to survive. And for decades, healthcare providers, nutritionists and trainers have recommended that people drink at least eight 8-ounce glasses of water a day.

The piggy-nosed, coldblooded animals are neither rats nor moles. But scientists hope the naked mole rat's newly sequenced genome may offer insights into not only aging but also cancer and other diseases.

Libyan rebels appear to hold most of the capital, but they face the difficult challenge of imposing order while battling remnants of Moammar Gadhafi supporters in Tripoli.

Are humans and other animals predisposed to take care of each other? We'll talk with noted psychologist Frans de Waal about his latest book "The Age of Empathy."

Many environmental concerns are starting to surface as East Coast cities plan to dredge their ports — like in Miami, where engineers would drill for two years to deepen Biscayne Bay's limestone bottom. But like many cities, Miami wants business from new cargo ships from the Panama Canal.

After languishing in storage for a quarter-century, colorful artwork from a historic Barrio Logan brewery will soon be uncrated and seen again. This is the second in a two-part series reported together with Voice of San Diego.