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Concern is growing over the fate of civilians trapped by war on the island of Sri Lanka. U.N. officials say there's evidence that nearly 3,000 of them have been killed in just two months. The civilians are confined to a strip of land where government forces are trying to inflict an all-out military defeat against the Tamil Tiger separatists.

Two local news organizations, VoiceofSanDiego and the Union-Tribune, have had recent run-ins with San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders' office over freedom of information act requests. We talk about delays in getting information, what the law says and what recourse news organizations have when public information is not turned over.

Mixed Race Identity in 2008

Contracts to buy previously owned homes rose for the ninth straight month in October, as a tax credit for first-time homebuyers pushed sales to their biggest annual increase on record. Separate reports showed some strength in residential construction and manufacturing; sales by U.S. automakers were mixed.

Later this month, a record number of women will be on the ballot in Afghanistan's elections — a major change in a country where women weren't allowed to attend school eight years ago. But many female candidates and voters are facing oppression, threats of violence and fraud.

News that the CIA worked with a private contractor on a secret assassination program is the latest evidence of how much the agency has outsourced a range of its activities. It has prompted criticism of the high cost, as well as the potential lack of accountability of private firms.

After a bloody summer for U.S. troops in Afghanistan, President Obama is pondering new tactics, but says, at least for now, no new troops will be sent to the region. Experts just back from Afghanistan offer a close-up look at what troops face in combat, and how new tactics and policies are playing out on the ground.

In the months after Rep. Brian Bilbray sponsored a Congressional cigar club—where politicians and their staffers have puffed and partied with lobbyists around D.C.—he introduced or lent his name to legislation that would benefit some of those lobbyists’ clients.

Romania's entry unfortunately didn't make the cut. (IFC Films)

Golden Dreams: California in an age of abundance 1950-1963 is the 8th volume in Kevin Starr's monumental history of California, Americans and the California Dream. This volume covers the time when the California we know today first rose into prominence. Starr talks about how San Diego reluctantly grew into one of the largest cities in the nation and the people who influenced its growth