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There are 30 years between the bookends of the first and last NASA space shuttle flights. The scheduled launch of Atlantis will be the program's final mission. It's a moment American astronauts Leroy Chiao and Cady Coleman describe as sad but essential.

Horror Fest Comes to San Diego

About 1,750 businesses and organizations spent at least $1.2 billion in 2009 on lobbying teams to work on the health care overhaul and other issues, according to a Center for Public Integrity analysis of Senate lobby disclosure documents. It was very likely the most expensive lobbying push ever, one expert says.

Obama inherited the worst economy of any president since Franklin Roosevelt. But like his predecessors, he's finding that the blame is all his when times remain tough.

Japan's nuclear regulators raised the severity level of the crisis at a stricken nuclear plant Tuesday to rank it on par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

A new play creates theatre from the life experiences of youth in and out of the foster care system. It was written by San Diego playwright Lisa Kirazian and produced by the Playwright's Project, a local program that supports the art of playwrighting in schools and communities.

Some drivers admit to texting while driving despite the known dangers of distraction. And it isn't just young drivers. Some studies show the biggest growth in texting is among people ages 35 and older.

Jon Roberts is the man considered most responsible for bringing cocaine into the US during the 1970s and '80s through the Medellin drug cartel. In American Desperado, a book he co-wrote with journalist Evan Wright, he tells all, from working in the Mafia in New York City to smuggling drugs in Miami.

The firing of Shirley Sherrod by the Department of Agriculture has reopened a sore spot with many African-American farmers who have been charging the USDA with discrimination for years. In fact, the USDA still faces thousands of discrimination lawsuits by minorities.

Jeanne and Bob Donald lived in Valdez, Alaska, in 1989 and dealt with the fallout of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Now they own a cheesecake shop in Gulf Shores, Ala., a town hit by the BP oil spill. Bob, who was a mental health professional in Alaska, tells NPR he's considering doing it again because he expects to see the same psycho-social problems as he did in Valdez.