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Unemployment is twice as high for veterans compared to the average Californian. The state's unemployment rate is 12.4 percent, but young vets have it worse with one out of four out of work. Many have turned to business, and others are trying to figure out their options. We talk about the reasons why vets struggle to find work, and the programs out there that can help them find jobs or start businesses.

The link between soda and obesity is getting more attention in California. A state senator from Los Angeles says he plans to hold hearings on the connection soon.

We'll explore how the community is coping with the deaths of 14-year-old Amber Dubois and 17-year-old Chelsea King.

President Obama traveled to Louisiana Sunday to assure coastal residents that the government is doing all it can to control the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. He had little good news to offer, though. Oil continues to flow out of control from a wellhead nearly a mile below the surface of the Gulf, and Obama warned it could keep flowing for a long time.

Does your momma have tell you to do the right thing, or do you just kinda know? How do we form our moral values? Some would argue that religion and philosophy guide us toward morality. But new research into the brain is telling us our moral compass may be more complex and deeply rooted than once thought.

Author Ian McEwan's latest novel tells the story of a young woman who works for the British intelligence agency MI5 and an assignment she gets that changes her life.

Airs Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

After more than two months spent in a dark hole a half-mile underground in Chile, the 33 miners are being brought to the surface by rescuers. The operation is taking place in Chile's Atacama desert.

Death row inmate Hank Skinner, found guilty of murdering his girlfriend and stabbing her two adult sons, is set to have his case go before the U.S. Supreme Court. His attorneys say prosecutors have refused to make evidence available for DNA testing.