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Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner announced plans to nationalize an affiliate of a Spanish oil company, which delighted the left in her country. The move provides a peek at what emerging populists might look like in Latin America, just as older leftist leaders appear to be fading.

Proposition 33 on the November ballot asks votes to change the way car insurance rates are calculated in California.

Corn and soybean prices jumped as much as 30 percent this fall from last year, prompting farmers to sell their crops before they're even harvested. But high grain prices also mean consumers will be looking at pricier Thanksgiving turkeys in the grocery aisle.

With the price of raw milk at historic lows, dairy farms are going under across the United States. As the crisis deepens, many blame two dairy giants that they say are trying to monopolize the industry, to the detriment of independent farmers and consumers.

Farmers Zachariah Lester and Georgia O'Neal grow tasty spring greens all winter long using ancient farming methods perfected by Europeans in the 1800s. And they do it without artificial light or heat.

San Diego was one of four regions to experience home price gains in 2010. We discuss the local real estate outlook for the new year. Could home prices rebound to the peak levels seen in 2006-2007? Or, is our region due for a double-dip in home prices?

Gas prices in San Diego County have remained flat over the past few days. We're joined on Morning Edition by Phil Flynn, Senior Market Analyst at PFG Best Research in Chicago, and a Fox Business News contributor.

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors today approved a discount drug program in which residents can save up to 65 percent on some prescriptions.

The biggest changes in health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act are set to begin less than three months from now. October 1 is when people can start signing up for coverage in new state health exchanges. The policies would kick in on Jan. 1, 2014.

The drugstore chain's new 27,000-square-foot location in the heart of Chicago has a fresh bakery, a sushi bar and a cigar humidor, among other amenities. "Anything of this size in today's economy is a risk," says one analyst, but it seems to be a calculated one to distinguish the chain's brand.