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With the season opener a little more than four months away, NFL owners and players are still in disagreement on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. This leaves many NFL teams like the San Diego Chargers in limbo after completing the NFL draft. In the meantime, there is still Padres baseball to be played. With us to discuss the NFL labor talks, Chargers and the San Diego Padres is North County Times Sports columnist Jay Paris.

Former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch explains why she was once an early advocate of No Child Left Behind, school vouchers and charter schools — and what changed her mind.

While their parents found their identities in their work, this generation of 20-somethings has been criticized as self-absorbed and materialistic by social commentators and older Japanese. Then along came the events of March 11 — Japan's greatest calamity since World War II.

President Barack Obama declared Monday night that the United States intervened in Libya to prevent a slaughter of civilians that would have stained the world's conscience and "been a betrayal of who we are."

The gains came as U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned that the international operation in Libya could last months. Meanwhile, NATO said the alliance had decided to take over the entire military operation.

Japan’s main export is cars and the devastating earthquake resulting tsunami have wreaked havoc on the industry. But the effects have yet to be felt on the local level.

In the nationwide battle over labor rights, Republicans are proposing changes that would disrupt the ability of unions to build their political funds. That could deal a huge blow to the Democratic Party, which receives millions of dollars from their union allies. But money is just one part of what unions do for the party.

Warplanes attacked the rebel-held oil port of Brega as opposition forces fought off an attempt by troops loyal to Moammar Gadhafi to take control of the oil refinery. Gadhafi appeared to be pulling out all the stops to regain large swathes of rebel-controlled eastern Libya.

President Obama weighed in early and often as Egyptian protesters toppled the regime of a U.S. ally. But the unrest in Libya presents a very different set of political challenges, and President Obama has responded largely by working behind the scenes.

Tunisia set the spark that led to protests throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Many hope it can similarly serve as a model in constructing democratic governance. Getting there, however, has not been easy.