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Following a three-day visit to Sudan, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited Libya this weekend. There, he announced that talks aimed at resolving the Darfur crisis would be held in Libya on Oct. 27. However, past efforts to get the combatants together at peace talks have failed, and it was unclear whether all parties to the conflict would attend these talks.

As the state budget crisis deepens and deep cuts are made to the UC and CSU systems, there is increased pressure on the already-stressed community colleges. We look at how the San Diego Community College District is coping with the stress and what it means for prospective students and their families.

The village of Zitiste, Serbia, has suffered from years of crime, floods and landslides. But Zitiste's tough residents have a new village hero to look up to when times get rough: Rocky Balboa. The village commissioned a 10-foot statue of the film icon to boost spirits in the beleaguered town.

A discussion of the $11.14 billion general obligation bond proposal that would provide funding for California's aging water infrastructure and for projects and programs to address the ecosystem and water supply issues in California.

San Diego mayor Jerry Sanders signed the city's 2007 budget Wednesday, ahead of schedule. He made the most of the small amount earmarked for deferred maintenance by spreading a little asphalt on a Poi

Robert "Fish" Fishman (Rainn Wilson) and a trio of his Cleveland buddies create a headbanging, Spinal Tap-esque band known as Vesuvius in the eighties. They are living the rock 'n' roll dream and seem on the road to fame and fortune. But if the band wants to take the next big step to a record contact they have to dump their sweaty overweight drummer Fish. It takes them about ten seconds to make their decision.

Since the fall of the murderous Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, the tiny Southeast Asian country has struggled to get back on its feet economically, politically and culturally. Tucked away in the capital city is Sethisak Khoun, a Western-trained tenor who exemplifies the nation's slow re-emergence.

An Iraqi committee made up of Shiites, Sunnis and ethnic Kurds wants an extension to deliver a reform draft of Iraq's constitution. The deadline was today. What's the status of the document? Vali Nasr, a professor at the Naval Postgraduate School, talks about a key benchmark.

The NFL stadium where thousands of displaced residents sought refuge is closing as an evacuation center, a symbolic show of progress against wildfires still menacing Southern California.

The Strangers opens with the familiar title "inspired by true events," and a supposedly real 911 call. A couple of young Mormon missionaries arrive at a…