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Tensions on the streets appeared to be calming as the interim government tried to show it was distancing itself from the old guard. The government began freeing political prisoners and an investigation was reportedly opened into the overseas assets of the country's ousted president and his deeply resented family.

On a reporting trip in Pakistan last month, New York Times reporter Carlotta Gall was physically assaulted by Pakistani intelligence agents. The reason, she was told: asking too many questions, and visiting parts of Pakistan they considered off limits.

Heidi Brown's Army uniform is decorated with one small star, which marks her as a brigadier general. But at this point in her career, "gender now shuts the door for me," she says.

San Diego County will host a conference on vital aging later this morning in Balboa Park. More than 400 local seniors are expected to attend the bi-annual event.

Ever wanted to walk through a culvert built by Homeland Security and emerge in Mexico? This weekend's Political Equator 3 conference offers that opportunity. PE 3 was conceived by visionary architect Teddy Cruz.

The journalist Juan Williams is out with a new book this week. In it, he makes the case that his acrimonious termination last fall by NPR is part of a larger and ominous pattern of suppressing undesired voices.

Wilma Vaught was one of the first U.S. military women to be addressed as "general." Women's officer training in the 1950s included lessons on how to put on makeup. Today, "it's a different military."

Eight months after a deadly explosion at a Massey Energy coal mine in West Virginia, CEO and board Chairman Don Blankenship suddenly surrendered control of the company Friday. His reign was marked by seemingly endless controversy.

Huntington's disease is a genetic disorder of the brain that affects 1 in 10,000 people. We speak to local experts about the devastating disease and the impact it has on people and families.