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On this Legal Update, The US Supreme Court hears arguments on California's videogame labeling law. The Birthers lose another round in court. And an LA Appeals court resolves a twisted tale of paternity and inheritance.

How far would you go to win a tennis match or bike race? If you knew your competitors were using steroids, would you as well? Does the end justify the means? With the 2008 Summer Olympic games behind

Four years ago, U.S. skeleton racer Zach Lund was barred from the Olympic Games in Italy after testing positive for a banned drug, used in hair loss medication, that officials said could be used to mask steroids. The drug was taken off the banned list in 2008.

Federal authorities have indicted 38 people in gang-run prostitution ring in Oceanside. U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy called the operation "modern-day slavery." We'll find out why teen prostitution has been called a growing problem across the country.

What if we prepared teachers the same way we prepare doctors? A handful of teacher "residency programs" already exist. One, in Boston, treats schools like teaching hospitals, where seasoned instructors, just like seasoned doctors, train the next generation.

The face of a drug addict is changing from the neurotic junkie to the average upper-class high school student. We talk to a local deputy district attorney and a physician about the growing problem of prescription drug abuse in San Diego.

American Roger D. Kornberg, whose father won a Nobel Prize a half-century ago, was awarded the prize in chemistry Wednesday for his studies of how cells take information from genes to produce proteins.

We talk to Tony Perry, San Diego bureau chief for the "Los Angeles Times" about how the mission of Camp Pendleton-based U.S. Marines is going in Afghanistan.

Age Old Rivalry Heats Up This Halloween

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case next year on whether and when privacy rights extend to text messages sent by public employees on work-issued devices. In the private realm, employees have almost no expectation of privacy when using company-issued equipment.