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California business groups have long believed the state is over-regulated. Now, there’s a new push to cut through the red tape – and it comes from a surprising source.

If you're part of a same-sex couple, you'll be hard pressed to find a Valentine's Day card that fits your relationship. That problem led a small California company to start making cards for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender couples — and their family and friends.

There are some nicely wrapped cinematic gifts as well as expensive coal in area theaters this holiday season. We'll ask our critics about the new Coen brothers movie "True Grit," see how "Tron" stacks up as a sequel, and find out if the hype is deserved for "The King's Speech."

It was a momentous day in American political history as the Democrats lost the House of Representatives and barely kept their hold on the Senate. When the dust settled, what exactly did we learn about our leaders and ourselves? We turn to scholars and strategists for some answers.

Triumphant Republicans — having seized the House, narrowed their deficit in the Senate and won several key governorships — turned Wednesday to outlining a plan for rolling back the Democratic agenda.

With Democratic leader Harry Reid's victory in Nevada, Republican hopes for taking over the Senate have faded — even as Reid's leadership will be put to the test in a more narrowly divided Senate with a handful of Tea Party members. Republicans have picked up six seats — in Indiana, Illinois, Arkansas, North Dakota, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

The seismic event driving the 2010 midterm elections has triggered a tsunami: Republicans have swept to control of the House of Representatives.

It's just 10 days before the midterm elections, and one of the most closely watched races in the country is neatly summarized by its incumbent. In Bucks County, Pa., Democratic Congressman Patrick Murphy is squaring off with Mike Fitzpatrick -- the Republican he won his seat from in 2006.

Airs Monday, October 4, 2010 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV

When commentator Keith Woods first became a columnist for The Times-Picayune, Lawrence "Shorty" Washington, a shoeshine man, acted as his muse. Now, five years after Hurricane Katrina, Woods collects his thoughts and recollections in a letter to an old friend.