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The way we use social media has evolved in the last decade. It's now part of our culture and most of our daily lives. We take a look at its evolution, what's hot right now, and what's to store for the future.

The Dow Jones Board, and specifically the Bancroft family, announced Thursday a desire to entertain purchase offers, including one from Rupert Murdoch that will be tough to beat. What would The Wall Street Journal look like if Murdoch, who has a long track record at The Times of London, becomes boss.

The Iraq Study Group has recommended pulling most combat troops out of Iraq by 2008. Madeleine Brand speaks with John Burns, the Baghdad bureau's chief for the New York Times, about how people in Iraq are responding to the report.

In archaeological sites throughout the world, antiquities are plundered for sale. U.S. agents says the looting is epidemic. One archaeologist working in Guatemala has launched a battle to save an ancient city from looters.

A group of paramedics and emergency medical technicians in San Diego County are demanding higher pay and better health care coverage. Today, they picketed on Balboa Avenue, hoping their voices would b

A brother and sister separated during the Holocaust have been reunited after a separation of 65 years, brought together by researchers from Israel's Yad Vashem Musuem. Each had believed the other to be dead.

For all the attention devoted to preventing another catastrophe like the deadly 2003 Cedar Fire, San Diegans witnessed an almost eerie rerun when massive wildfires hit last October. Even though the ci

Historians, dignitaries and community members recently dedicated a memorial to those buried at the African Burial Ground National Monument. Howard Dodson, of New York's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, explains the site's history.

Los Angeles and San Salvador have a problem in common: gangs. The Salvadoran National Police estimate there are now more than 12,000 deported and homegrown gang members in the country, responsible for 40 percent of all homicides. Police in both places recently agreed to begin swapping tactics and intelligence to combat the problem.

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.