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Almost without exception, every departing senior White House official has been replaced by a close confidant of President Obama. Now some Democrats in Washington are worried that the White House is ignoring a big flashing sign that it needs to change course.

The two journalists on trial in North Korea are freelancers for Current TV — the brainchild of former Vice President Al Gore. Current is a hybrid: a TV station and Web site that offers user-generated programming targeted at the audience of 18 to 34 year olds. The idea is to democratize TV production. But the company has come under fire for keeping quiet on two of its journalists being held in North Korea.

What should parents take into consideration before signing their kid up for Little League, or another youth sport? A local pediatrician specializing in sports medicine shares tips for parents and coaches who want to keep their children healthy, happy and fit. What kind of problems can be created by putting too much pressure on a kid to succeed at a sport? And, how do you know when your kid is working too hard at an athletic activity?

Carl DeMaio has proposed to cut the city's funding to arts groups by 25% in his plan to balance the budget in 2011. We look at how small and medium arts organizations operate, how they use the city's grants, what would happen if they were cut 25% and what the city as a whole would lose.

In a new round of economic stimulus, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced it will buy $600 billion of government debt in a bid to further lower interest rates, which are already at historic lows.

The soul singer has performed on Broadway, been nominated for a Grammy and sung for President Obama. On her latest album, Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook, LaVette tackles songs by the likes of Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Elton John.

Critics of the Minerals Management Service have long said it was too cozy with the oil industry, but those were problems of little interest to Congress until the catastrophic blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. The agency regulates offshore drilling and collects revenues from it.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and a number of Greek incumbents in parliament became the latest victims of growing frustration among voters across Europe over the ongoing debt crisis and widespread austerity measures. President-elect Francois Hollande has promised France a "fresh start."

A new study by the National Marriage Project finds that 44 percent of those with high school diplomas but no college degrees now have children without being married. That's more than triple what it was in the 1970s. And we're not just talking about teen parents, but adults living together.

One section of the Farm Bill passed by the U.S. House this summer sets aside more than $30 million to promote farmer's markets. Farmer's markets allow shoppers to buy their produce directly from local