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Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. The little orange boxes carried by kids over the decades have helped raise more than $160 million for the global children's charity.

A leading GOP lawmaker says Job 1 will be extending all of the Bush tax cuts. But a budget expert says if that's the starting point, getting the budget under control will be almost impossible.

According to a National Academy of Sciences report released Wednesday, viewers of the hit CBS show CSI — and even judges and lawyers — are under the impression that the science they see on the show is ironclad. In fact, experts say, while some forensic evidence, like DNA, is top-notch, other evidence is not nearly so reliable.

The San Diego Jewish community celebrates Rosh Hashanah starting tonight at sunset. The holiday marks the Jewish New Year. As leaders in Israel and Palestine renew efforts to end conflict in the Middle East, one local group is calling for a year of peace in San Diego.

Sierra Leone's 10-year civil war left thousands dead or maimed and the country's infrastructure in ruins. Affairs in the West African country may be on the road to recovery after a recent democratic transfer of power. President Ernest Bai Koroma hopes to move his nation forward.

San Francisco's Board of Supervisors is overturning a city policy that says undocumented youth accused of felonies must be handed over to federal authorities. The new law requires an actual felony conviction before someone is handed over to federal immigration authorities.

Culture Lust contributor and music lover David Walters reminds us why John Sebastian holds a place in rock history (The Lovin' Spoonful) and why you should check out his solo act this Sunday in Normal Heights.

Think liars always sweat and avoid eye contact? Not really, say researchers. They're coming up with new interrogation tactics that tell cops to listen closely and seek information, not just a confession.

In the war-torn Russian republic of Chechnya, Moscow-backed leader Ramzan Kadyrov has ordered the return of Sufi Islam and Chechen traditions as a way to establish control and undercut Muslim extremists. Some in the Kremlin are now beginning to ask what they have unleashed in the unstable region.

The diversion of Mississippi River water into the Atchafalaya River basin may keep cities dry, but it could inundate some archaeological and Civil War sites.