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Democrat Barbara Boxer has won a fourth term to the U.S. Senate, defeating Republican businesswoman Carly Fiorina.

The seismic event driving the 2010 midterm elections has triggered a tsunami: Republicans have swept to control of the House of Representatives.

Journalist Christopher Hitchens is an atheist who says the world would be better off without religion. His brother, Peter, a conservative Anglican, says goodness is impossible without religious faith. The brothers have publicly argued over faith for years. But now that Christopher has been diagnosed with cancer, the theoretical argument is real.

A play that mixes real events with fiction along with comedy and serious social issues comes to a San Diego stage. David Henry Hwang's play "Yellow Face" looks at complexities of race and is produced by Mo'olelo Performing Arts.

Marine Commandant Blasts Obama's Deadline

A battle over where to build big clean-energy projects is putting the green revolution in gridlock. In California's rural Panoche Valley, clean-energy advocates and wildlife environmentalists debate whether the world's largest solar energy project should be built there.

Judt was best known as a public intellectual for his essays on contemporary politics and American foreign policy. More recently, he became a lightning rod for his criticism of Israel. He died Friday of complications from Lou Gehrig's disease.

As part of our monthly series on ethics in science, we'll explore the current research HIV prevention. We'll look at how that research balances protecting individual rights verses the public's health.

It's an irresistible story. A building painter in Fresno, Calif., announces negatives he bought for $45 at a yard sale were taken by Ansel Adams. But the renowned photographer's family thinks the story is too good to be true, and the heat's on to prove the negatives' authenticity.

Democrats and President Obama were dealt a setback Tuesday in the Senate, when the majority party failed to break a GOP filibuster of an election-year campaign finance bill. It would require full disclosure of the groups or corporations that pay for campaign ads.