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Even before last week's deadly earthquake, Haiti was overrun by orphans. Now tens of thousands of children have been orphaned in the disaster.

Airs Saturday, May 15, 2010 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV

Government officials overseeing the construction of a "virtual fence" along the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border hope to turn over the first segment to the Border Patrol in January, while beginning construction on a second stretch in coming weeks.

This Thanksgiving will be extra special for one San Diego family. A 14-month-old boy is alive and well, thanks to a liver donated by his mother.

No one knows exactly how many people died in the communal bloodletting that followed the partition of India in 1947. Estimates say it was more than 1 million.

For years, animal rights groups have tried to get bullfighting banned in Spain, and now American promoters are offering an alternative. The spectacle of cowboys roping steer and riding broncos is completely new for many in the crowd. But part of the rodeo's appeal is its sheer un-Spanishness.

Spending and saving behaviors adopted during the recession may usher in a "new fiscal conservatism" by households as Americans continue to pay close attention to their personal balance sheets, according to a poll by Consumer Reports.

As the global financial system teetered on the edge of collapse a year ago this week, the Federal Reserve stepped in with unprecedented actions. Yet some lawmakers say the Fed should have done more to prevent the crisis.

In addition to drooling and walking on all fours, both young infants and dogs sometimes ignore what they see with their own eyes and instead trust a human "teacher." Dogs may have evolved this trait to help them live with people, because, as a new study shows, their wolf relatives don't make the same mistake.

A court finds pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of violating her house arrest. But her sentence of three years at hard labor was commuted to 18 additional months under house arrest — likely in response to international pressure. The U.S. and other countries condemned the verdict.