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In 1975, the Khmer Rouge told the family of Peou Nam that their father had been executed. In fact, he'd been bludgeoned and left for dead twice — but survived both times. A dream, an inexplicable impulse and the work of psychics brought the Cambodian family together after 36 years.

An artist with an idyllic childhood might be as rare as a house with walls made of air, but both play a part in the story of architect John Lautner. Aesthetically influenced by his Northern Michigan upbringing, Lautner's designs have been featured in several films, including The Big Lebowski.

Anyone who follows the news knows that people can serve time in prison — decades even — for crimes they didn't commit. But some law schools, including San Diego's California Western School of Law, are working to free people whom they believe are innocent.

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The San Ysidro port of entry is a constant sea of U.S.-bound vehicles and travelers—a complicated daily operation requiring an army of customs agents.

Last week San Diego Hospice marked its 20th anniversary, and one of its doctors, Jeff Stoneberg, was one of four physicians to receive the first ever Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Award.

The earthquake that shook Chile last weekend was powerful enough to push up the Andes a few feet, shift Earth's axis and even speed up the planet’s spin. Ross Stein, a geophysicist at the U.S. Geological Survey, explains the fallout of the quake and the physics that triggered it.

Shocked by the poverty he saw on a reporting trip, a Chinese journalist set up a program to provide meals to 25,000 poor children in rural China, many of whom suffer from malnutrition. Indirectly, his efforts have prompted the government to ramp up its efforts to feed the country's most vulnerable.

When a body washed up on the shores of New York's East River in 1897, the race to solve the murder sparked one of the country's first great newspaper wars. Weekend Edition's literary detective Paul Collins tracks that war's progress in his new book, The Murder of the Century.

California biotech companies could benefit greatly from a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on patent law. Some patent experts believe the ruling could allow companies to eventually own genetic materials.