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U.S. military officials warn that armed resistance in Iraq is growing more sophisticated. A rare interview with two men purported to be leaders in the insurgency movement supports that idea. The men promise tactics ranging from more ambushes to kidnapping U.S. soldiers. NPR's Michele Norris talks with Los Angeles Times Baghdad bureau chief John Daniszewski.

American Floyd Landis has been stripped of his 2006 Tour de France championship title for using banned drugs during the race. Runner-up Oscar Pereiro of Spain was pronounced the new winner. It is the first time in the more than 100-year history of the tour that a victory has been revoked by a doping scandal.

The defeat of the tobacco initiative Prop. 86 means there’s no new source of funding for expanding children’s health insurance. Still, health care advocates are hopeful lawmakers will figure somethi

An adult soccer league in La Mesa has been banned from use of their field after a complaint about smoking. Full Focus reporter Heather Hill talks to the League Director and the mayor of La Mesa.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is on a crusade to develop young people loyal to his leftist ideas by reforming the educational system. The government wants to install a new curriculum that celebrates socialism. But the plan has generated a formidable opposition made up of irate parents.

Unlike a real football game where the final score is uncertain,

Part of the huge multi-billion dollar infrastructure package on the California ballot includes money for transportation projects. A recent study found that five of the state's biggest cities, includin

On Sunday, I went to see the

30 Days of Night

Actor-executive producer Delroy Lindo in This Christmas (Screen Gems) Actor Delroy Lindo anchors the film although he doesn't dominate the screen time.…