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On Friday, the San Diego Comic-Con plays host to the 20th Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. The Awards are named in honor of pioneering comic book artist and writer Will Eisner. The Eisner Awa

Dr. Verba Moore tended to wounded U.S. military personnel and Iraqis in a military hospital in Iraq before retiring last year. The Los Angeles Times interviewed her for a major series on medical care in the war zone. Alex Chadwick speaks with Moore about her choice to serve in Iraq, and about the newspaper's series on wounded Iraqi veterans.

What does a global decline of the fish population mean to Californians? What is the state of our fish supply? Should we be concerned? A fishing industry representative and a conservancy manager discus

Mexico's federal election tribunal has ruled Tijuana's former Mayor Jorge Hank Rhon can run for governor of Baja California. The decision overrules the state tribunal and ends two weeks of tense uncer

A surge of diamond mining in northern Canada aims to be a boon for the economy. Running a mining operation in the remote tundra region of the Northwest Territories is costly and challenging, but demand for conflict-free diamonds is high.

Our critics will weigh in on the 2010 Oscar ceremony, Tim Burton's latest "Alice in Wonderland," the cinematic event that is the "Red Riding" trilogy, and one of the most critically celebrated films of 2009, "A Prophet."

How did a letter written in the mid-1600s help to create the concept of mathematical probability? What kind of impact did this realization have on the world? How is the concept of probability being

In the latest move aimed at getting credit moving again, the Federal Reserve detailed steps to help money market mutual funds by buying commercial paper. Such actions over the past three weeks have begun to stabilize the credit markets, financial professionals say.

Who was behind the inflammatory ad that showed Obama wearing a turban? The answer could be the start of a joke: a hypnotherapist, an apolitical wedding videographer, and a felon now on the run. And they still haven't paid for the ad.

National Hockey League management locks out players over a dispute on salaries. The confrontation may not end until players accept that hockey, as a professional sport, is not a top-tier sport like football and basketball. The league, after years of trying to promote itself as another "big time" sport, wants to reduce its ambitions and its economics. Hear Michele Norris and Wall Street Journal sportswriter Stefan Fatsis.