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As 10 Americans were charged with kidnapping after they attempted to remove a group of children from Haiti, the nation's longstanding restavek system, in which children become servants or worse, is under renewed criticism.

As a group of Americans waits Thursday to see child trafficking charges will be filed for their actions in Haiti, aid agencies say the primary risk comes from a generations-old practice that allows parents there to put their children into domestic servitude.

We'll examine the impact of Prop. 13 on local taxes.

How do you, or your older family members keep fit? Do you think there should be more fitness programs geared toward seniors?

The high cost of healthcare is taking its toll on Californians' well-being. A new survey reveals more than one out of three Californians say they neglected needed care last year. KPBS Reporter Kenny G

The U.S. relationship with Pakistan has been bolstered by successful intelligence operations. But skepticism persists over whether Pakistan really intends to pursue Afghan militants on its soil. U.S. officials cite a positive change in mood, but both sides are wary about overpromising what this new cooperation can deliver.

A conference of "Maudsley parents" meets in San Diego this week. They are involved in a new eating disorder treatment aimed at helping their anorexic children. The Maudsley Approach uses intense monitoring and family support to get adolescents to eat normal meals again.

At the center of Menzel's latest film is a Chaplinesque everyman named Jan Dite (whose name translates as John Child). When we first meet Jan (Oldrich Kaiser) he's being released from a 1950s Prague prison after serving a sentence imposed by the Communists. Now's he's been dropped off in the middle of an abandoned German town near the Czech border where he slowly begins to clean things up. As he cleans, he takes us on a journey back through his life.

Projecting athletic prowess has been a top priority for the Chinese government over the years. And it is some of the country's littlest citizens who must carry this responsibility. From the age of 4, select Chinese children are molded into the nation's elite athletes.

One reason colleges have a hard time stopping sexual assault is a misconception about who is committing these crimes. The assumption is that rapes are often committed by young men whose judgment is impaired by drinking. But one researcher says many rapists are serial predators and intentionally look for vulnerable women.