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Andrew Pogany, a former soldier who struggled with a mental breakdown in Iraq, has become a driving force behind efforts to make the Army revise its response to soldiers suffering with post-traumatic stress disorder.

California has refused to take federal money to teach abstinence-only education. But a House bill to extend funding for these programs might cause California to change its mind. KPBS reporter Kenny Go

One of the nicest people you'll meet at the Comic-Con is Al Simmons of

Pope Benedict XVI arrives in the United States on Tuesday for his first papal visit. He comes with a reputation as a rigid enforcer of dogma, but the German-born pontiff may receive a much warmer welcome here than he has been getting in increasingly secularized Europe.

As summer winds down and the recession lingers, San Diego's stages are full of comic diversions. The Old Globe, the La Jolla Playhouse, Cygnet Theater and New Village Arts are all running comic plays.

The Party's Over

Compared with Europe or China, the U.S. trade relationship with Colombia is probably not important enough to decide the future of our economy. But that hasn't stopped it from becoming a focus of this year's presidential campaign. And now President Bush is forcing Congress to act on the free trade deal.

Heath Ledger Scores as The Joker

A conflict over Social Security has extended to workers at the Social Security Administration itself. Some employees say the agency is using public funds to promote a political agenda, namely President Bush's plan to partly privatize the system. NPR's Libby Lewis reports.

As head of the U.S. military's Central Command, Gen. David Petraeus will be in charge of two wars and some of the most volatile regions on Earth. He's lauded as a leader and strategist, but he will need to get up to speed on new regions beyond Iraq.