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Give A Donation, Ask For Naming Rights

In New York, a billionaire couple asked a college be renamed in their honor after donating $20 million. One expert says the request reflects a new trend among the mega-rich.

Rafael Castellanos is pictured in this undated photo.

Port Commissioner Leads In Fundraising In San Diego City Attorney Race

Rafael Castellanos is facing fellow lawyers Gil Cabrera, Robert Hickey and Mara Elliott in next year's election to succeed Jan Goldsmith, who is being termed out.

Saudi Arabia, Russia, Qatar and Venezuela have agreed to freeze oil production at January 2016 levels if other producers do the same.The move reflects growing concern among major oil producers about the economic effects of a prolonged slump in crude prices.

OPEC Tries To Freeze Oil Output, But Most Say Effort Will Melt Away

Drivers may start to see an uptick in gas prices, but the cause won't be OPEC, analysts say. Prices will drift up with a switch to pricier summer blends, not because OPEC gets its act together.

EBay announced it will split from the payments service PayPal, forming two independently traded companies beginning in 2015.

EBay Spins Off PayPal Into Fast-Changing World Of Mobile Payments

Commerce and payments are splitting up. Ebay is breaking away from PayPal and its payments operation will turn into a separate, publicly traded company.

Consumers have been benefiting from lower gas prices. Here, prices dip below $2 per gallon at an Exxon station in Woodbridge, Va., on Jan. 5.

Why Cheap Gas Might Not Be Good For The U.S. Economy

A drop in global oil prices saved U.S. drivers $100 billion last year. Good news, right? Not so, say some economists. The energy industry is now so big that cheap oil may actually hurt the economy.

Emergency personnel are pictured searching for a missing man at Lake Murray, March 26, 2015.

Dead Man Found At Lake Murray

Emergency personnel searching for an 18-year-old man along the shoreline of Lake Murray for a second day discovered a body Friday afternoon.

Cuban migrants Arnalbis Rogel (left) and Modesto Morales arrived on a boat in Florida on Sept. 7. Morales was the navigator.

Improved U.S.-Cuba Relations Are Creating A Surge Of Cuban Migrants

Cubans migrants have received preferential treatment for more than a half-century. But as the U.S. and Cuba normalize relations, that policy could change and Cubans are racing to reach U.S. shores.

Petco Park To Get Walk-Through Metal Detectors

The change is part of a Major League Baseball program to strengthen and standardize security practices across the country.

Zachary Briley lived in a community for people with developmental disabilities.

A Young Man With A Disability Goes Missing. How Do You Find Him?

Zachary Briley's family found out that even though he was developmentally disabled, his disappearance was not classified as an emergency. Laws that protect adults' rights can make searches difficult.

Glen Peterson, left, looks on as Dan Denning, a water conservationist for San Diego County Water Authority checks sprinkler flow on his lawn as part of the county's "Watersmart Checkup" in Carlsbad, May 6, 2015.

California Lawmaker Proposes Steep Tax For Water Guzzlers

California's worst water-guzzling residents and businesses could get slapped with 300 percent taxes on their bills under drought-inspired legislation that was proposed Tuesday.

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