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U.S.-led forces will not likely secure western Iraq's Anbar province unless there are major changes to operations there, according to a secret report by a senior U.S. military intelligence official. The outline of the report, first reported by The Washington Post, has been confirmed by NPR.

Brain trauma has become the “signature injury” of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Full Focus reporter Heather Hill has more on how a local partnership is leading Camp Pendleton Marines down the pa

What can we learn from babies? New scientific research is showing that babies and young children can help us understand how we learn about love, truth and life.

The Irving Gill-designed Marston House in Balboa Park, which was closed to the public in February, 2009, has re-opened under the operation of Save Our Heritage Organization. We discuss the house, expense of historic preservation, and George Marston's history in San Diego.

Dozens of women in southwest China have recently been forced into abortions, some late in their pregnancies. It's not the first time a local government has been accused of such an action, but it's surprising because China has relaxed its law that limits each family to one child.

The western wildfire season usually begins to slow down after Labor Day. But not this year. Experts say a combination of dry weather, and other factors, has firefighting resources stretched thin for the immediate future.

In Cleveland, an experiment is under way to find new ways to give people purpose and enjoyment as they reach retirement age. But as Americans live longer, views on what retirement means are slow to change.

Thousands of Saddam Hussein's Sunni supporters from his former Baath party may be able to return to jobs in the current Iraqi government. The news comes just a day after the former dictator was sentenced to death.

The Liberian immigrant population in America continues to carry the burdens of Liberia's bloody civil war of the early 1990s. Activist Jacob Massaquoi speaks about his near-death experiences before he fled Liberia for the United States.

Nigerian author Chris Abani's new book, Song for Night, depicts a child soldier's turbulent life while at war. "My Luck" is the main character of his novella set during Liberia's long civil war. My Luck is mute. Abani details the horrors of war and the desperate poverty that are part of a child soldier's life.