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Talk about Photoshopping. With in-image advertising, every photo on the Internet becomes an interactive advertising billboard -- even if it's of celebrities in crisis. The practice raises questions about taste and editorial independence.

Many states have been skimping on the payments they are supposed to make to state employee pension funds. That's according to a report released Thursday by the Pew Center on the States. Pew says many states are accruing large liabilities that will require big tax increases in the future.

Heidi Brown's Army uniform is decorated with one small star, which marks her as a brigadier general. But at this point in her career, "gender now shuts the door for me," she says.

While the overall U.S. economy seems to be stuck in neutral, one bright spot is that charitable giving to the arts is up 5 percent more than last year. It's good news, but a new study cautions that much of that support serves audiences that are wealthier and whiter than the country as a whole.

Wilma Vaught was one of the first U.S. military women to be addressed as "general." Women's officer training in the 1950s included lessons on how to put on makeup. Today, "it's a different military."

Part of Somalia affected by famine is controlled by al-Shabaab, a group on the U.S. terrorism blacklist, which places restrictions on U.S. humanitarian groups hoping to reach people in that area. The State Department is negotiating with groups to ease the rules due to the severity of the crisis.

What does California need to do to meet its full, global potential? We speak to Dr. Abraham Lowenthal about his new book Global California: Rising to the Cosmopolitan Challenge. Dr. Lowenthal talks about what the state can do to promote itself internationally, and how the state can benefit from the growing global economy.

Ichigo Kurosaki is a typical teenage boy. He fights with his dad, feels protective of his sisters, likes cool clothes... and oh did I mention, he also sees dead people. It's no big deal. Not like that kid in

Internet search engine Google says it is deciding whether to appeal a decision by a French court that has implications for its lucrative advertising model. The court ordered Google to stop displaying ads for competitors of Louis Vuitton when users searched for the luxury goods maker. There are similar cases being brought in the United States.